its_naman's reviews
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This was such a great read (and also the sanest Brontë novel so far)! I'm a little disappointed by some people reducing it to a 'Christian Romance', I mean, the book came out in 1847. What to do you expect? Tattooed, badass girls wearing Fuck the Patriarchy T-shirts? I'm an atheist but still enjoyed it a lot. 

Sure, Agnes complains a little too much. But again, when you have to

deal with a kid plucking birds' feathers while they're alive and a teenage girl playing with your darling's heart,

I'm sure you're allowed to be bitter. 

My only complain is the ending. It, kind of felt a little too rushed..? When I finished the book, I thought to myself, 'Is that it?'. I would have liked to see more of Agnes and Weston being together instead of a little brief-up.

The Lottery my ass

I tried my best but I just can't get into it which is a damn shame since I had sky high expectations for this one. I've read the first two stories so far and it feels like the author is trying way too hard to be dark. Life's way too short to read books you do not enjoy. Off to the next one!

I feel so stupid writing this. Is there something I'm missing? Just like 2 weeks ago, I complained how reading Choke by Chuck Palahniuk didn't feel like a new experience because of how similar it was to Fight Club and it felt like the author was just recycling the plot.

I feel the same way about Rosemary's Baby. I wanted to enjoy it but couldn't ignore how it was just The Stepford Wives with a few tweaks.

Creepy neighbours? Check. An asshole of a husband? Check. Collectively gaslighting the  female protagonist? Check.

I mean, I did expect some similarities given that it is written by the same author, but I did not expect the same story structure. Take Agatha Christie, for instance, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None are both murder mysteries with no likeliness at all.

That does not mean I hated it, though. It starts of slow and then really takes off. I devoured the second half of the book in one sitting. But again, I knew what was coming so didn't hold my breath for too long. 

I kinda feel like the protagonist myself because I checked some Goodreads reviews and it seems like I'm the only one bothered by the similarities?? Did anyone else not feel like they were just reading the same book again?

Let me make it clear that I'm not a sci-fi or fantasy girly so I understand that this book was not written for me. Hence, I don't think I have the right to criticize it but I will say that given how popular it is, I expected so much more.

It has its funny moments but for the most part, remains forgetful and boring.

I haven't felt this way about a book ever before. Even now, while typing this, I'm struggling to hold my tears back.

I first came across Never Let Me Go in Storygraph's 'popular this week' section and stupidly thought it was one of those BookTok stories. On my second sighting, I became a little curious and found that it was something about some people trying to find the truth about their childhood and the school they studied in. Vague but interesting.

Disinterestengly scrolling through my TBR pile, I stumbled upon it again and decided it was finally the time to read it. Why the hell did I not make this decision earlier?

Never Let Me Go is the kind of book that pulls you in right from the beginning. You're drawn into its world, you can't help but read further and further. It's the kind of book where you're in disbelief of how cruel and terrible the world could be. And let me warn you, it's also the kind of book where the less you know going in, the better your reading experience will be. I, especially, am very grateful that I didn't try to find more about it before reading, because, if I did, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found it as much emotionally impacting as I do now.

I had the privilege of seeing the 'students' as humans, before I knew they actually weren't. To me, it really enforces the idea that all our differences - we would have never noticed them if anyone hadn't pointed them out for us.

My heart breaks reading how little they did to change their situation. I mean, it's not like if they could have done much, but nevertheless there were a lot of times when I felt like going into the book, shake the characters by their shoulders and shout, 'THIS IS TERRIBLE, YOU NEED TO STOP IT! YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FRIENDS IF YOU TRIED!!'. They never knew what they were losing, that it didn't have to go the way it was going.

I just can't get enough of how well written the characters are. You find them, at different points, annoying, childish, loveable, kind, and most importantly - humane. I can't help but feel for them. There are a lot of other things I feel but I find in hard it express into words. 

If life's going way too good for your liking and you're in a mood for feeling empty and depressed, you've found the perfect read for yourself.

I've read Fight Club before and I loved it! Therefore, my expectations were really high for this one. The plot synopsis says that this is a story of a man who fakes choking in restaurants so that people could save him and he could use them for money. That, to me, sounded interesting enough. But I was misled. This is NOT the main premise and I wouldn't have had any troubles at all with that if things were interesting enough anyway. Unfortunately, they were not.

Several times while reading this book, I was reminded of Fight Club, written by the same author. A troubled narrator, a character who loves chaos and is no good for the narrator

and a fellow troubled love interest

- sound familiar? A lot of times, it felt like Chuck was just recycling the same story with slight modifications.

The saving grace of this book is the twist and the ending. This is only my second book by Chuck Palahniuk and I can confidently say that he's brilliant at writing endings. Other than that, I don't think this book has much to offer. Disappointed.