I'm not suprised I loved this book, I feel like I could read anything by Mira Grant and love it. Also, I really like this post-zombie-apocalyptic worlI'm not suprised I loved this book, I feel like I could read anything by Mira Grant and love it. Also, I really like this post-zombie-apocalyptic world she created. And I love it because it's about writing and the news and that's such a fresh take on the zombie trope.
And you find what you know you'll find in a Grant book : LGBTQIA+ representation, done well. Also mental illness and disability representations, done well too. And diversity. And great female characters. And found family... Everything I want to read about !
I hope she'll come back to that universe, I feel like there are so many things to explore still ! ...more
READ FOR MY 2022 READING CHALLENGE, ITEM 47 : A book by a debut author.
I really liked that book. I felt like all the characters were well written andREAD FOR MY 2022 READING CHALLENGE, ITEM 47 : A book by a debut author.
I really liked that book. I felt like all the characters were well written and interesting. I liked the story, I didn't care much if it made sense in a scientific way, the story made sense, that is what I need from a book.
I listened to the audiobook and all the narrators were great. I really recommand it.
One of the things I loved was how some of the inequalities we're facing as women were underlined in a kind of subtle way (basically by showing that in a society with mostly women, those inequalities are worked on). ...more
READ FOR MY 2022 READING CHALLENGE, ITEM 33 : A SEQUEL YOU HAVEN'T READ OF A BOOK YOU'VE READ.
This was a very good end to a very good trilogy. (I do READ FOR MY 2022 READING CHALLENGE, ITEM 33 : A SEQUEL YOU HAVEN'T READ OF A BOOK YOU'VE READ.
This was a very good end to a very good trilogy. (I do know there is a fourth Newsflesh book but it's another series, it's not about those characters).
I still really love that idea of blogging becoming so important in a post-apocalyptic world. This is still what I feel is the most original in that story. And I'm still not bored with it yet, I can't wait to read the next book set in the same universe.
And I really love those characters. I'm going to miss them all. Eventhough some stuff kinda irked me the wrong way (view spoiler)[(incest really isn't my thing (hide spoiler)]...more
Saying it was disappointing would not even be true. I had very little expectations for that book but thought it would at least be a good eDNF at 45 %
Saying it was disappointing would not even be true. I had very little expectations for that book but thought it would at least be a good entertainment... I wasn't expecting to be swept off my feet by it like I was by The Hunger Games trilogy. Yet this book succeeded in not even reaching the very low bar I had fixed.
In theory the theme could have been very interesting, but I felt like I was ready some bad fanfiction and couldn't find the spark that Suzanne Collins brought to her first trilogy. Nor the cleverness or the political discourse.
Everything felt empty, particularly the long moments of philosophical/ethical talks about war and such. The main character felt nothing like what he becomes, he didn't feel particularly clever, manipulative or charismatic. He also didn't seem to be really ambitious, and felt like a kinda vapid heir to an old family. Nothing in him made me think one second he could become someone important.
And the love story ? Do I really have to talk about that ? What a let down ! The first trilogy had a love triangle and still wasn't full of stereotypes and felt true and didn't feel "tropy". In this book it's the polar opposite. Once again, felt like bad fanfiction. And totally unbelievable. Artificial. Also, it really wasn't needed. Would have been way more interesting (and on point) to have Snow really care if Lucy survives because how it could help him gain power/money/fame/etc. He didn't need to fall in love with her to be invested.
So yeah, I DNF'd it, which is really an unpleasant surprise. I don't even care what happens next, that's how lost Suzanne Collins had me.
I really feel like telling a Hunger Game story from the worst oppressor's point of view and trying to humanize him was a weird choice....more
As a book I read during quarantine wanting to escape from a grim reality, it did its job. It's probably not the best written or the most original bookAs a book I read during quarantine wanting to escape from a grim reality, it did its job. It's probably not the best written or the most original book I've ever read, but I still liked it a lot and will be reading the continuation. I liked the characters, even if they were a little bit stereotypical at times. I wasn't really surprised by the plot, but it still was interesting to read. It was a pretty enjoyable read and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to escape reality a little.
(It was really good on how it described trauma though. That was a good surprise, that part was very clever and layered.)...more
This is such a good book ! I can't really imagine it was written more than a century ago, it could have been contemporary. I knew Forster by name but This is such a good book ! I can't really imagine it was written more than a century ago, it could have been contemporary. I knew Forster by name but had never read anything by them, now I want to read more....more
That was a pretty good first volume. The art is nice and the story full of promises. Can't wait to read the next one !That was a pretty good first volume. The art is nice and the story full of promises. Can't wait to read the next one !...more
Angel : After the Fall was such a good comics serie ! I really loved it ! So well written, so heartbreaking ! The artwork is probably not the best eveAngel : After the Fall was such a good comics serie ! I really loved it ! So well written, so heartbreaking ! The artwork is probably not the best ever, but the rest makes up for it. ...more
Of the tv-show Dollhouse, my favorite part is the two Epitaph episodes. I love how we skip years and years and just have to adapt to it and try to undOf the tv-show Dollhouse, my favorite part is the two Epitaph episodes. I love how we skip years and years and just have to adapt to it and try to understand who are all those characters again. But being able to see what happened during those lost years is still a real joy, particularly when it focuses on Alpha....more
I very liked the universe and the whole idea. But that does not make up for lazy characterization and boring, cliche storyline. Overall iDNF at 60 % .
I very liked the universe and the whole idea. But that does not make up for lazy characterization and boring, cliche storyline. Overall it was really boring, I tried to keep reading because I thought maybe it was going to get better at some point but it did not.
Also the whole idea that in such a different world being an ugly woman is still the worst thing possible was weird.
Also the main character was the most naive character ever, yet for some reason he knew what his companion thought/felt all of the time, while staying clueless about everything/everyone else and that just felt like bad narration....more
La fin était un peu plus originale que le reste de la série, j'ai été surprise par certaines directions prises par les auteurs, du coup c'est certaineLa fin était un peu plus originale que le reste de la série, j'ai été surprise par certaines directions prises par les auteurs, du coup c'est certainement le tome que j'ai préféré. Il y avait toujours les mêmes défauts, mais un peu de surprises, ce qui faisait pas de mal. J'ai quand même bien rigolé quand le Big Bad, une fois révélé, a expliqué qu'il avait peur des femmes... Jamais vu un mec manipulateur et grand scientifique plein d'égo dire qu'il avait peur des femmes. C'était vraiment une scène pas du tout crédible qui avait l'air tout droit sortie d'une fanfiction...
(view spoiler)[J'ai détesté la romance entre Yorick et 355 mais ait été agréablement surprise par son dénouement. Pour autant, le fait que tout le monde tombe constamment amoureux de ce mec m'a gonflée pendant toute la série. (hide spoiler)]...more
J'aurais préféré que ça soit plus fin au niveau des commentaires sociaux et que ça se lise moins comme une sorte de fantasme de "je suis le dernier hoJ'aurais préféré que ça soit plus fin au niveau des commentaires sociaux et que ça se lise moins comme une sorte de fantasme de "je suis le dernier homme sur terre" et plus comme l'histoire de femmes qui survivent à l'extinction des hommes, mais ça reste divertissant. Pas sûre que j'aurais continué à lire si on ne m'avait pas prêté la collection complète. ...more
Je continue à trouver ça amusant à lire et à vouloir lire la suite mais y a aussi plein de problèmes. Je crois que ce qui m'empêche de mettre plus d'éJe continue à trouver ça amusant à lire et à vouloir lire la suite mais y a aussi plein de problèmes. Je crois que ce qui m'empêche de mettre plus d'étoiles est principalement le manque de profondeur dans les personnages. Ca reste toujours très superficiel et très plat. "Je suis la gentille" "Je suis une psychopathe" "Je suis amoureuse du héros (comme 9702757527 autres personnages avant moi)"... Y a pas de finesse.
Et on sent tellement que c'est écrit par un homme. Parce que bon, franchement, imaginer que deux ans après la disparition de tous les hommes, une femme dirait à une autre que c'est "difficile de trouver une lesbienne" ça reste quand même particulièrement risible. (En plus sans dire le mot lesbienne, ou gay, ce sont deux mots qui ne sont pratiquement jamais dit et toute référence à des relations amoureuses/sexuelles entre deux femmes sont toujours faites de façon hyper gênée, comme si c'était tabou, ce que je trouve très bizarre). Je veux dire, dans n'importe quel lieu où des membres hétéros d'un même sexe sont regroupés pendant une relative longue période, des relations homosexuelles apparaissent, c'est un truc tout à fait naturel. Donc imaginez après deux ans sans l'espoir de rencontrer un mec, probablement peut de femmes resteraient perchées sur leur "Je suis 100% hétéro" cheval de bataille.
Enfin bref, des fois ça paraît un peu immature comme histoire. Un peu comme si un adolescent l'écrivait. Principalement quand ça touche aux relations entre les gens, à la sexualité ou aux personnages qui devraient être complexes. ...more
Un peu ennuyeux à certains moments, redondant. Et tout l'épisode avec 711 était carrément ridicule. Mais ça reste assez agréable pour me donner envie Un peu ennuyeux à certains moments, redondant. Et tout l'épisode avec 711 était carrément ridicule. Mais ça reste assez agréable pour me donner envie de lire la suite......more
Si le dessin est plutôt classique et facilement oubliable, l'histoire est intrigante. Avec ce premier tome, je suis un peu encore dans le doute. Je neSi le dessin est plutôt classique et facilement oubliable, l'histoire est intrigante. Avec ce premier tome, je suis un peu encore dans le doute. Je ne suis pas sûre de la qualité de la série, ça va dépendre d'où la suite va nous mener. Mais pour un premier tome, c'était vraiment pas mal. Beaucoup de personnages, une intrigue qui tient la route, beaucoup de questions qui pour le moment n'ont pas eu de réponse... Tout pour donner envie de lire la suite.
J'ai particulièrement aimé le dernier épisode, et ce qu'il disait sur l'univers carcéral américain. J'espère que la suite amènera à discuter d'autres sujets de société. ...more
Most of the times when men write books with female main character, they always end up talking about their boobs like they were the main character, JoeMost of the times when men write books with female main character, they always end up talking about their boobs like they were the main character, Joe Hill did not, that is the first good thing about that book. To be honest, I often forgot it was a female main character written by a man, which is not always an easy thing to do.
The story is really good and makes you want to keep reading. I read this book in two sittings, and it's a long book, so you can guess how hooked I was. I thought the characters were well written, complex, layered, and the only trope I saw was a little bit of fatphobia (most of the real bad guys were fat and fat was coupled with being undesirable many times). There was a little lack of diversity too that annoyed me a little. But those two things are actually my only negative criticism about this book.
I loved the main character. She was a pretty sweet (even naive at times) woman that had a lot of guts and adapted very quickly to everything life/the apocalypse threw at her. I loved the idea of a badass woman that chose Julie Andrews as a role model. That was a fun combination. She was both nurturing and tough. Honestly that was a very good female main character, we don't see so many of them.
(For the SK fans, there were at least a couple references to his universe, two of them were of The Stand which I would get why you'd want to compare this book to, but The Fireman is very different in a lot of ways). ...more
Well that was so much better than expected, I don't even know where to begin.
I like zombie movies like most people. What I like about them is that thWell that was so much better than expected, I don't even know where to begin.
I like zombie movies like most people. What I like about them is that they are very brutal, and pretty much hopeless. I love how zombies, while being stupid and very slow (don't get me started on running zombies please) still win. Because they never stop. And because you and all the other good guys are nothing but future zombies. I have also read my share of zombie comics, eventhough I always end up stopping when a serie's gone for too long. In my opinion, you can't make a fiction about someone that survives 2I49037509357975 zombie attacks, at some point it does not work anymore.
But I have not read a lot of zombie novels, and the few I've read were more on the "dark comedy" side. So I did not expect that book. I read it because I read the special novella that the author did about a group of Browncoats during Comic Con fighting against the "uprising" (aka the beginning of the zombie apocalypse) and I thought it was well written. So I thought I should give the real serie a try.
I was expecting a book about zombies, it was not. There were zombies, and the story took place in a post-apocalyptic world, but it was mostly a political/journalistic novel. Eventhough there were action scenes and zombie killing, the whole plot was about the presidential election, and the brother and sister bloggers that got to cover it. It was a real surprise to me, I had not expected reading about journalism, politics and conspiracy. But it ended up being a very good surprise, because this novel was one of the most clever books of the kind I have ever read. Think the world ending would mean politics woul change ? Think again.
I loved the characters. Mainly George, the heroin, and her quest for truth. She was tough but she also had empathy and was really really clever, truly one of the best female leads I have found in fiction lately. Her brother Sean, who shares the spotlight and the narration with her, was also very interesting. He was supposed to be the dare-devil type but was so much more, very balanced too. All the other characters were very well layered, I would give a big shout out for "Buffy", she was a very amazing character, and I obviously loved the reference.
Anyway. That book was great and I will be reading the next one, I'm really curious to know what it is about. For this first book I listened to the audiobook and the two actors sharing the narration were very talented, I'm pretty upset the second audibook is not available. ...more
I had not read a short story for a long time... And this one makes me want to get back at reading more of them. In a few pages (less than 60), Hugh HoI had not read a short story for a long time... And this one makes me want to get back at reading more of them. In a few pages (less than 60), Hugh Howey makes us fall in love with a character and feel like we understand a very complicated universe. In a few pages, he writes a story that stays with us, that surprises us and makes us question everything. I always felt it was harder to write a very good short story than a very good novel, Howey is a very very good writer. I will be reading his other materials, with enthusiasm. ...more
For my second read of The Hunger Games I chose to listen to the Tatiana Maslany narrated audiobook and it was a very good decision. The audiobook is vFor my second read of The Hunger Games I chose to listen to the Tatiana Maslany narrated audiobook and it was a very good decision. The audiobook is very good, Maslany is great at giving the characters a voice and I will have issues not thinking about her acting when reading the books in the future, that's how good she was.
I fell in love with the Hunger Games when the first movie came out and I decided to read the books. I was already an adult when I first read it and I'm a 32 year old woman re-reading it. I'm not into YA a lot, I can't really find my kind of stories in that genre... Except for this trilogy (and a couple of other books).
I love everything in The Hunger Games and could spend hours talking about it. Let's just say that the best about it is how well layered the characters are....more
I'm seeing so many bad reviews for this book and I'm not surprised. How do you write a sequel to a 35 year old beloved classics ? You don't. And if yoI'm seeing so many bad reviews for this book and I'm not surprised. How do you write a sequel to a 35 year old beloved classics ? You don't. And if you do, you'll end up disappointing so many people that have been loving and thinking about the first book for 35 years. I know that I would probably hate any sequel to my favorite books that I've read again and again, to those books that changed my life. Even if the sequel was really good, I would still probably hate it, because it would just not be the same experience.
Happily for me, I've only read The Handmaid's Tale last year. I loved it, but I've read it after watching the first season of the tv show and the book was not life changing for me. I love this story, and I loved the fact that not everything was explained, and I loved the fact that it was not a resistance story, just the story of someone trying to survive and to make sense of what was happening... And I knew when Margaret Atwood said she was going to publish a sequel that she could not do that a second time. A second book meant she had to answer all those questions. And it would mean that this book would not have the magic the first one had.
I've read The Testaments in one sitting. Anyone saying it's poorly written is not being fair. You can hate the story all you want, but Atwood knows how to write and this book is beautifully written. This novel is almost the exact opposite of the first one : where there was only one point of view, there are threee, where we did not get any news about the world outside Gilead, we actually have part of the story taking place in another country, where we only saw the politics through the eyes of a handmaid, we see them through the woman at the top of the food chain, where we had mostly no answer, we have a story with a true ending and all the answers we would ever want/need.
I really got attached to the three narrators. I thought they were very well written, full of flaws and qualities and very layered. I loved the story. Margaret Atwood had told us it was about the fall of Gilead, and I think she showed us perfectly how that kind of regime fall, not only from the outside, not only from the inside, but from both.
(view spoiler)[I loved Aunt Lydia's story the most. I loved that Atwood did not make a martyr out of her, or even a hero. She showed perfectly how someone can be part of something awful and one day decide it has to stop. I love how ruthless she was and how she used everyone like pawns. And I think what happened to poor Becka showed perfectly who Aunt Lydia was. She did not care about this sacrifice and did not care that she had to make Becka think it was her own idea to kill herself for the greater good. It was so cold, and so perfectly written. (hide spoiler)]...more
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