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I liked this book. I’m going to be very honest, I didn’t have much expectations when first going into reading it because I had no idea what it was going to be about.

The concept of it all, how it’s a point of view from video games really speaks because it’s basically about a group of people only knowing how to navigate life and their feelings through video games.

Speaking about video games, making them, playing them. As a gamer, it’s really nice to see other forms of expression other than writing, reading, or just verbal communication. Because if you can express how you feel through a math equation or a video game, you can do anything.

Also, Sadie is autistic. I don’t make the rules.

But to be very honest, I don’t think I’ll pick it up again. There are some aspects of it that seem a little off and finding out that the author is an alleged zionist, it makes a lot of sense about some of the referencing in the book. 

Reading this book made me very emotional. For one, I know what it feels like to be the one who comes from a low income family surrounded by those who don’t have to worry about how they’re going to get their next meal.

Secondly, Alice is the kind of character that puts a lot on her shoulders and I feel like a majority of us, especially in this day and age, can relate to that. 

This book was so well written and it starts off slow, but it begins to pick up after a few reads. I was close to putting it down because of how slow it was building up, but I wanted to give it a chance and I’m glad I did!

The characters grasp you like a warm hug. You feel apart of them as the story takes you on their journey. I felt most connected with Chanel, hard to believe to be honest. Obviously not status wise, but what was going on with her family. And her personality, I just got her.

I feel like I’ll read this book again at some point. And I don’t wanna get too into it because spoilers, but my personal review is gonna be way longer than this. Ann did her big one. A book I’ll think about forever.

Nina and everyone thinking she’s crazy…same.

Before I begin my review of this book, I just want to say that this is the one of the best books I’ve read (I might be easily impressed, but honestly it touched my heart). I know there are people that have said they don’t resonate with this book and that’s okay, it’s just simply not for you.

Emma is a complex character and the journey we take with her is no easy feat. There’s been her ups and downs from beginning to end and I feel like you would have to put yourself in her shoes to really get what she’s going through. In some parts of the book, you can get upset at her, but you also have to remember that she’s someone that is recovering. This whole world, sober at that, is very brand new to her. She’s never had to do this sober before and she’s choosing to do so now.

When her father passed, it really shows what she was working toward the most. At first, she said she’s getting sober because she doesn’t want to be like him. That her entire identity revolved around her either not wanting to be him or wanting to be him.

I can absolutely relate to this. I don’t have a father figure in my life, at least a respectable one. And I try to make sure I don’t end up like him, but I failed to realise that focusing so much on that pushes me in the wrong direction. Of not wanting to be him. 

And Ben, don’t even get me started on Ben. He was someone she needed in her life, especially someone who understands that addiction is no laughing matter. And it’ll be hard to love that person who loves the very thing killing them the most. Because it’s not them, it’s the addiction. 

I feel like Lola wasn’t very sympathetic. Like her act was fake in a sense. (That could just be me talking considering I’ve met religiously positive people like that and they think everything works out with a prayer) But, she kept pushing the whole idea of adhering to God and focusing on him when people who are addicted don’t really want that. Like I get HG’s whole message is to lead life with prayer (I’d know I’m Muslim) but, sometimes that’s not what someone who’s facing addiction wants to hear. And their method just wasn’t working for her and that’s okay. But at the end of the day, I just feel like Lola didn’t really have her best interest at heart. 

Like sometimes people just want to be alone or with other people when someone they knew passed. It’s not that big of a deal. 

Overall this story had a lot of lessons and I’ve heard almost every single one (I’m just being too stubborn to listen right now, but I’m taking it).

I really, really, really enjoyed this book. Ava did her big one. I genuinely feel like I’ll reread again.

I’ll continue it another time.

(I hate J.K. with a passion and it’s unfortunate that she’s the author of such a great series). I read this book, and series, as a kid and it was my comfort. I can’t even begin to explain how much this book has saved me from my own reality sometimes. And with the movies in tow, I always had something to look forward to.

The story building, the universe, and everything that comes with it genuinely made me feel like I wasn’t alone in anything I did. This series is about people who are a little weird, but weird in their own right. It taught me to be courageous and stand in my truth even when I had to hide it sometimes. Rereading it sent me back to that joyful fantasy I made for myself as a kid.

It is something I’ll never forget. 

This book was so fucking twisted, every turn of the page I was in complete and utter shock. Tomie is such a complex character of a girl who was taken advantage of and now she’s nothing but a shell.

She ruins peoples lives because hers was ruined without her even wanting it.

A very cute read. To be honest, I wasn’t out out and it was my first lesbian book I owned. I still have it and I make sure to hide it as a much as I can, but I adored this book. Both of the characters were so cutesy and I’m glad they had a happy ending.

I’ve read a lot of books based on the Holocaust as a kid and this is one of the ones that really stuck out to me. It was so emotional and heartbreaking; it taught you about it from the point of view of a girl who had no idea where her life was headed. 

It’s devastating what they went through and the actual victims of the Holocaust. Truly a masterpiece.