I did NOT know what I was getting myself into with this series. I thought I Was going to read about a model or something who finds it hard to maintain I did NOT know what I was getting myself into with this series. I thought I Was going to read about a model or something who finds it hard to maintain her perfect image when she has allergies. But it actually is about a fashion blogger/influencer who finds it hard to maintain her shallow perfect image among her shallow friends because of her allergies. but there's alos murder? ghosts? mysteries? hallucinations?
It's fun and campy and pokes fun of all types of influencers, the art is gorgeous, and the allergy rep is too real!...more
قرأت المجموعة دي في جلسة واحدة وحاسة أنها محتاجة إعادة قراءة، لأن كل القصص بكل شخصياتها وقراراتها الخاطئة تداخلت وبقت كأنها مجموعة من الشخصيات عايشة فقرأت المجموعة دي في جلسة واحدة وحاسة أنها محتاجة إعادة قراءة، لأن كل القصص بكل شخصياتها وقراراتها الخاطئة تداخلت وبقت كأنها مجموعة من الشخصيات عايشة في بيت واحد بيتخذوا كل أنواع القرارات الغلط اللي الواحد بيبص عليهم وهم بيعملوها وبيهني نفسه على أنه أذكى منهم كلهم وهو مش أذكى منهم ولا حاجة. القصص كلها نهاياتها مفتوحة وبدايتها بتحطك فجأة في الحدث، الشخصيات كلها بتعاني من موقف ما أو لترددهم في اتخاذ قرار ما، ومع أن الأفكار والأحداث قد تبدو غير واقعية. إلا أني حسيت الكاتب بيتكلم بصدق شديد كأنه شهد أو سمع كل القصص دي. عيبها الوحيد هو أني قرأتها بسرعة ونسيت أغلب الأحداث، بس أظن لو عدت قراءة مدخل كل قصة هتذكر الأحداث الجنونية اللي فيها....more
الشعر بالإضافة إلى المسرح من أقل الأنواع الأدبية اللي بقرأها، ولذا لسة مش عارفة تفضيلاتي بالضبط في الأسلوب. لكن أفكار آلاء في الديوان حسيت بتآلف كبير مالشعر بالإضافة إلى المسرح من أقل الأنواع الأدبية اللي بقرأها، ولذا لسة مش عارفة تفضيلاتي بالضبط في الأسلوب. لكن أفكار آلاء في الديوان حسيت بتآلف كبير معاها. أغلبها قصائدها عن الحب والوحدة والمآسي اللي مرت بيها في صغرها وشبابها وعلاقتها المتوترة بأمها، وحسيت أني أحب أقرأ كتاب نثري منها عن تلك الحياة، لأن الشعراء بيجيدوا اختيار الجمل النثرية الحلوة، لكن برضة كان فيه بعض القصائد اللي حسيتها بعيدة عني.
لكن يظل الكتاب تجربة قوية ومتماسكة وأشعارها معبّرة وصادقة...more
One of the main things that are actually interesting about this sequel are the clowns, since their reveal in the original series was dramatic and actuOne of the main things that are actually interesting about this sequel are the clowns, since their reveal in the original series was dramatic and actually shocking!...more
مبدأيا، اخترت الكتاب ده عشان عنوانه، عام التنين، لأن احنا في عام التنين وكنت بحاول أقرأ أكبر قدر ممكن من الكتب المرتبطة بالتنانين،تجربة قراءة مختلفة.
مبدأيا، اخترت الكتاب ده عشان عنوانه، عام التنين، لأن احنا في عام التنين وكنت بحاول أقرأ أكبر قدر ممكن من الكتب المرتبطة بالتنانين، بس رغم استمتاعي بغرابة الكتاب ده، إلا إني أقدر أقولكم إن مفيش تنانين، وجملة عام التنين مش بتظهر غير في الصفحات الأخيرة من الكتاب. دي تجربتي التانية لمحمد ربيع بعد عطارد، وحسيت بأوجه الشبه، ورغم أن عطارد زي ما أنا متذكراها كانت ديستوبية وأكثر سوداوية، فالرواية دي لا تقل عنها عبثية وإحباطا
بنتابع بشكل أساسي في الرواية دي بطلنا نعيم، وعبر فصول كتيرة بتاخد مراحل مختلفة من حياته بنبدأ ندرك المآسي اللي واجهها في حياته وازاي قدر بفهللوته يتغلب عليها. بنشوف حياته مع عيلته اللي بتزود مشكلاته، محاولته أنه يساعدهم بتزييف موته، عمله في دار لتجليد الكتب، إصابته بحالة غريبة بتجبرع على تغيير طريقته في التواصل مع الناس وهوسه. الشخصية التانية اللي نوعا ما بتبقى محورية في حياته اسمه وهيب وهو ابن صاحب دار التجليد، ومش هنكر أن في النص التاني من الرواية وكلام وهيب عن "ابنه" بتخليني منبهرة بالشخصية المضطربة دي.
ووسط ده كله، كل فصل بينتهي برسالة من مواطن إلى شخص قريب من الرئيس بيهنيه على أحد إنجازات الرئيس، وطبعا اللي قرأ الرواية، عارف أنها مش إنجازات حقيقية ولا تهنئات حقيقية. الرواية بتدور في عصر مبارك، وده لخبطني شوية لأني بقالي كتير مقرأتش روايات مصرية بتتكلم صراحة عن أي رئيس، فنسيت لولهة احنا في سنة كام مع أول ذكر لمبارك.
الرواية فانتازية عبثية وتمنيت أنها تكتفي بالفصول عن نعيم وحياته الرتيبة والروتين الحكومي اللي بيواجهه وفترات هوسه الغريبة، الرسائل اللي في آخر كل فصل، والفصول الأخيرة اللي بتركز على مبارك مكنتش مثيرة للاهتمام لي بأي شكل....more
This defintely read like a debut and it really needed some editing to avoid all the repetitions, but it was a good effort and handled such heavy topicThis defintely read like a debut and it really needed some editing to avoid all the repetitions, but it was a good effort and handled such heavy topics with some interesting twists and stories.
We follow Tig, a young woman who goes back to the old twon of her ancestors to honor her grandfather, who was the mayor and a beloved hero of the town. While in town, she slowly discovers the truth about her heritage, the twon, her grandfather, and the woman who supposedly killed him.
We alternate in time, between present and past, as tig talks to the people who lived in that town, between those who viewed her grandfather as a hero, and those who didn't, and she relates that to her own personal experience and what she knows of her father and grandmother. It deals with heavy topics like rape, assault, abortion, abuse, and many others. and it filled me with rage for these woman. ...more
i thought this book would be something else, but it still had some chapters that sent me reeling and terrified of humans and life on this planet.
the ai thought this book would be something else, but it still had some chapters that sent me reeling and terrified of humans and life on this planet.
the author looks at plastic and its production and the way it invaded our planet through different events, events that honestly i won't choose to focus on in a book about plastic, but she made it work most of the time, so it was things like: the atomic bomb and war and the making of planes and weapons, the albatross and all the plastic they ingest, trash we find in our every day life especially an old car part that she becomes attached to, the life of small towns suffering from all of the plastics factories that pollute their surroundings first.
it alternates between memoir writing: as she writes about herself, her journey to write this book, her journey asking about the plastic car part she found, her journey asking and collecting testaments from people affected by plastic pollution, her journey to participate in cleaning oceans from plastic, and then biography writing: about the people who had a role in making the atomic bomb, the people who had a role in making aand upgrading fighter planes, and those who knowngly on unknowingly made the world worse by developing these weapons.
I had a few issues with the way the book was sectioned, and some chapters were repetitive, and i liked the first part so much more (the albatross chapters made my heart race and made me stop reading because of how devastated i was after that). she's a poet and that appears in some of her writing....more
Too many characters. (by now, I don't have a grasp on the CCG investigators except for Haise and Mado's squad and Juzo). Confusing battle scenes, even Too many characters. (by now, I don't have a grasp on the CCG investigators except for Haise and Mado's squad and Juzo). Confusing battle scenes, even if they look epic. (most of the time I can't tell who pierced or killed who)
I'm hoping that those lost memories will come back and they'll bring Haise closer to the Ghoul world, because the CCG world is boring. if only we could focus on the suspicious Arima, it might be more interesting....more
Am I the only one who's not enjoying this as much I enjoyed Tokyo Ghoul? I'm resisting dnfing it, because each volume ends on a cliffhanger that seems Am I the only one who's not enjoying this as much I enjoyed Tokyo Ghoul? I'm resisting dnfing it, because each volume ends on a cliffhanger that seems almost impossible.
It's interesting that we're seeing characters from the previous series: humans who turned into ghouls, and ghouls who are integrated as humans (kind of). Arima is suspicious, even when he's only mentioned by name. I wonder when will Kaneki regain his memories and what will happen. Also, how the hell did Hinami end that way?...more
I mean, we do know that he survives the shipwreck and he sits with Marquez to tell his story, so that takes the edge off the intense story, and it jusI mean, we do know that he survives the shipwreck and he sits with Marquez to tell his story, so that takes the edge off the intense story, and it just becomes a bit repetitive at times when he's telling the tale of his nine days stranded at sea, day by day.
It's an amazing feat. just being able to withstand all of that, but I wish it was interspersed more with what was happening on shore during each day, and what did they tell people and what the efforts were to find him, maybe some interview with family memebers and friends and their theories about what happened to him.
It's a good story about survival, but maybe it was really best as a series of articles in newspapers published at intervals, because when it's collected in a book, it has become overly repetitive....more
This felt like a fun psychedelic dream, and I was there for the ride.
The art style, the fact you didn't need any words to understand the story (and soThis felt like a fun psychedelic dream, and I was there for the ride.
The art style, the fact you didn't need any words to understand the story (and sometimes hust go along with these random characters living their silly lives in their little silly world), also the fact it could turn from wholesome and sweet to horrifying and gory in seconds.
I'm so interested in checking the rest of Woodring's works set in this crazy world....more
going back to Tokyo Ghoul, I feel these experiments are what Amon was about to discover about the CCG, so would he have approved them? I don't know.
Thgoing back to Tokyo Ghoul, I feel these experiments are what Amon was about to discover about the CCG, so would he have approved them? I don't know.
This series has me conflicted. because in Tokyo Ghoul, the CCg investigations chapters always bore me, but in this sequel, we're following (so far at least) the investigators mainly, I'm hoping it will change, because as a first volume, this one isn't as intriguing as the first volume in the original series.
A very slow first volume, but I'll be waiting for explanations in the next volumes as is the usual....more
An illustrated poem about a women's life and her future, and where she sees herself amidst her insecurities and fears. had some lyricaIt's very short.
An illustrated poem about a women's life and her future, and where she sees herself amidst her insecurities and fears. had some lyrical and beautiful writing and I wasn't expecting that ending, which adds a bit to the heartbreak....more
I feel like this is a good setup for the Tokyo Ghoul: re sequel, because the appearance of Arima in the end of Tokyo Ghoul made me conflicted about hiI feel like this is a good setup for the Tokyo Ghoul: re sequel, because the appearance of Arima in the end of Tokyo Ghoul made me conflicted about him, and this added to that.
I'm not sure I like him, and I don't know his true intentions. The art wasn't as elaborate and beautiful as it was in the Tokyo Ghoul series, so that was a disappointment....more
#1- Office Hours by Ling Ma: I'm not sure what this story is supposed to mean. It started as a normal contemporary swasn't really the best collection.
#1- Office Hours by Ling Ma: I'm not sure what this story is supposed to mean. It started as a normal contemporary story about film student and her professor and their tight relationship, but then it takes a magical realism/dark twist and I feel like I didn't truly understand the point of that end. like it was a nod to the films she discussed in the story maybe?
#2- Man Mountain by Catherine Lacey: uhh, what? man mountain is an actual mountain of adult men and we follow a woman who is trying to climb it? I know there has to be seome deeper meaningful message, but I didn't get.
3- Me, Rory and Aurora by Jonas Eika: uhhh, weird/kinky family/lovers dynamic isn't my thing. but that wasn't even the weirdest thing about this story, which felt like a dream caused by drugs, a bad dream.
#4- The Complete by Gabriel Smith: expermental snippets of someone's life or maybe the novel he's writing? Im not sure. but it wasn't funny or deep as it hoped to be
*+#5- The Haunting of Hajji Hotak by Jamil Jan Kochai: Finally, a story I like. We're witnessing the lives of an afghan family in the US through the eyes of the spy spying on them and witnessing their lives like he's watching a tv show. very interesting
#6- Wisconsin by Lisa Taddeo: messed up and realistic characters.
7- Ira & the Whale by Rachel B Glaser: felt so surrealist. a bunch of men stuck inside a whale and what they actually think about when they're facing death
8- The Commander's Teeth by Naomi Shuyama Gomez: The writing style wasn't to my taste. about dentists working in rural areas and they encounter a military commander who comes for a checkup
9- The Mad People of Paris by Rodrigo Blanco Calderon: about mad people in paris at the metro and all of their conspiracy theories. is the protagonist just an observer or one of those mad people? the line is blurred. it was interesting, but all the political talk lost me a bit
*10- Snake & Submarine by Shelby Kinney Lang: a devastating story about a man going through the suffering of women from cancer, some he knows and another he's writing about.
11- The Mother by Jacob M'hango: felt like a folktale, but it was as if it was missing something
*+#12- The Hollow by 'Pemi Aguda: a masterpiece. about the meaning of a house and a home. about the struggle of women to find a safe place for them to be.
*+#13- Dream Man by Cristina Rivera Garza: I liked how I was puzzled by this story. is it all a man's or a woman's dream? did a man meet a siren that caused his insanity? are these just hallucinations? you don't know, you just enjoy the ride
*+#14- The Locksmith by Grey Wolfe Lajoie: I liked the eerines imposed by other on the locksmith, while he's just a human being trying to navigate life despite his difficulties. i would've loved it if the story was a bit longer
15- After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool by Kristin Valdez Quade: a story about kids and teenagers and navigating life and having different feelings for the first time and all the wrong choices and decisions teenagers make.
16- Happy is a Doing Word by Arinze Ifeakandu: a sad story set in nigeria, wehre we follow a boy growing into a young man and the struggles he goes through
17- Elision by David Ryan: interesting concept of a woman going through an event in her life that changes the way she views her choice and her husband and deciding how to move forward
*+#18- Xifu by K-Ming Chang: I was both horrified and mesmerized by this story's mc while she talked about the relationship between mothers and daughters, folk myths, and mothers in law who are annoying. I defintely want to read more from her!
19- Temporary Housing by Kathleen Alcott: interesting look at an individual, looking back at her life and how it affected her present. just nothing new to me
20- The Blackhills by Eamon McGuinness: the writing style really wasn't to my taste...more
Just Sui Ishida discussing the thought process behind his covers and some of his illustrations. his art style is unique, and it's also interesting thatJust Sui Ishida discussing the thought process behind his covers and some of his illustrations. his art style is unique, and it's also interesting that the way he draws and designs covers is different from his art style in the manga itselt....more
The art style was interesting (black and white, with red color to highlight certain characters and events), but the writing didn't manage to truly conThe art style was interesting (black and white, with red color to highlight certain characters and events), but the writing didn't manage to truly convey the story.
It's a story inspired by Irish myths, about the goddess of war and the man she chosses to be her hound, the one who will spread war in her name, and what happens when he wants to lead a different life. It's tragic, but the writing wasn't to my taste...more
I don't know how I feel about the ending, that epilogue really threw me off. Epilogue aside, it really was a tragic, gory, bloody manga. The lasWHAT????
I don't know how I feel about the ending, that epilogue really threw me off. Epilogue aside, it really was a tragic, gory, bloody manga. The last volume had too many reveals and surprises, too much for one single volume. I'm starting right away with the sequel, but I have a feeling it will be focused on the CCG, and I'm not a fan of their dynamics.
Kaneki and his story arc and how his mottot of "protecting everyone" really came full circle, when he starts remembring his mother. Kishou Arima doesn't seem like the straightforward CCG hero he poses to be. There are some characters whose fate is still uncertain to me, did they die or are they still alive?
I loved the philosophy of humanity and good vs. evil and what consstitutes a monster and all the similar questions this manga posed, as it wasn't just all about the action and the blood and the deaths, it's more than that....more
Juzo has the most insane backstory among the CCG camp, while on the other side, Kaneki is a holw different person than the kaneki in earlier volumes, thJuzo has the most insane backstory among the CCG camp, while on the other side, Kaneki is a holw different person than the kaneki in earlier volumes, that sweet summer child is gone.
Yoshimura's arc and the people he gathered in Anteiku were really the highlight of this manga, and it saddens me to see all of that crumple in this volume, I'm terrified to see how it all ends in the next volume....more
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