carleesi's reviews
743 reviews

I loooove this book. The language use is so cool and the story is delightfully playful.

I’m surprised I just could not get into this book. I tried and tried but the “feminism” felt clumsy and simplistic and the love story was way too fluffy. 

Interesting snippet of insight into the political and cultural context of #MeToo landing in Australia.

Would have loved a bit more nuance in the men and masculinity chapter - the importance of challenging men who need to be the protagonist in every story - but probably not possible in this word length.

Everything I could want from a YA romance. I really enjoyed the blossoming friendship and the way the characters dealt with very serious things respectfully and carefully. 

I’ve never read anything like this book. It was so interesting to read this story about so many people and no singular person. To be taken through collective experiences while never feeling like their lives were the same. Really beautifully crafted.

I enjoyed the overlapping of so many tropes to create a cheeky story.

I found it hard to accept the “magic” in this world - it felt like magical realism to me which I don’t vibe with. It just wasn’t explained well enough.

The tone completely shifts in the last few chapters, it went from silly rompy teen fun to thriller and it kinda lost me.

Really cool spec fic collection. I loved the connection to the land that was a strong thread through every character and story. The structure and narrative that links all the stories together was a surprise that made me engage even deeper with the stories. All of a sudden I was seeing all the links and travelling back through the stories.

I love the lore in this duology. Such a beautiful weaving of magic and the mundane. I often find myself trying to solve mysteries in stories, but I really enjoyed that I didn’t actually realise there were mysteries to it until they unfolded in the story, made for a very peaceful enjoyable read.

The romance got a bit too sappy for me in this one. The narrator is wonderful, well worth listening to this one!

100 page rule - just not my type of book