the thing with backman is he has grasped the concept of humanity so well. the complexity of his characters gives you a birds eye view of the world and the people living in it. how and why humans act and react to situations the way that they do. you can see yourself in many of the different characters’ thoughts and actions and it really makes you sit there and think deeply about the whys of human choices. his books always give me the opportunity to look inwards and sit with my thoughts and feelings. i love how his books evoke such profound emotions out of me and i believe its because he has perfected the essence of humanity within his novels.
you may think you understand a situation or you’ve formed your opinion on it, but you won’t feel the same once you keep reading. the books will continue to challenge your thinking and truly make you understand the nuances of the world and of people and of relationships. nothing is ever black and white. and with beartown you will go through the grey murky waters and come out of it a different person.
these characters will live with me forever. i will never forget them. i won’t forget what they went through. i won’t forget how hard they fought. i won’t forget what they did to each other. i have cried, i have mourned, i have been enraged, i have been terrified, i have loved. i won’t forget. i won’t forget. i won’t forget.
take these books slow. go through the motions. sit with your feelings. think about the characters. read between the lines. enjoy it. hate it. savour it. love it.
i could analyze this series for ages. i can’t wait to read this series again and see things in a different way. i will add more notes each time. i will feel differently with each reread. i will love it every time.
thank you backman for writing the greatest trilogy. thank you for making me understand humanity just a little bit more.
”life goes on. it doesn’t give us any other choice.”
”i said i wanted you dead. i never said i didn’t love you.”
omg this was so good it read like a movie. I WANT MORE OF THEM. all the characters were”i said i wanted you dead. i never said i didn’t love you.”
omg this was so good it read like a movie. I WANT MORE OF THEM. all the characters were giving. every storyline had me on the edge of my seat. phenomenal.
”so we are never to change?" she asked. "we are forever blood-soaked roses?" roma took her hand. pressed a kiss to her knuckles. "a rose is a rose, even by another name," he whispered. "but we choose whether we will offer beauty to the world, or if we will use our thorns to sting.”...more
”you may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. that tale will move them and drive t
”you may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. that tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words.”
the ending honestly disappointed me. i expected a lot more from the story. it felt like there was a build up to something bigger than what we ended up getting. and it left me with lots of unanswered questions. and then on top of that romance was very poorly executed. the insta love was not it. i did not care about celiamarco romance. baileypoppet superiority. tbh i didn’t even like marco he sucks. but anyways baileypoppetwidget are my best trio those r my children ❤️...more
”you’re too full of life to be half loved by someone.”
i have so many thoughts and feelings about this book i don’t even know where to sta
”you’re too full of life to be half loved by someone.”
i have so many thoughts and feelings about this book i don’t even know where to start.
the book took me by surprise. i really didnt expect to connect to it as much as i did. there were so many quotes that felt like they were pulled out of my brain. i felt like i wasnt alone. and not only that, but this book gave me hope. i have hope that things won’t always be as hard as they are. that’s one of the greatest things you can take from a book.
i will say though that i did have some qualms with the writing. it wasn’t my favourite thing in the world. a lot of the book didn’t actually flow very well. it read kind of messy. the pacing felt off as well. also their friend group kinda confused me at times ngl so many names just getting throw at us i kept forgetting who was who.
despite that i still really loved this. and i loved the main characters and the romance between them. layla has gone through such a tough life. i sobbed for her character. i understand her character so well. her thoughts and feelings made me feel seen. it broke my heart seeing the long lasting effects of growing up in an abusive household. jess and her were so perfect for each other. the patience they had for one another was absolutely beautiful. they gave each other so much space, they understood the other’s needs, their struggles felt real. they are so good for one another.
overall it was a beautiful book and a great debut novel. i look forward to reading more books by malia rose! <3
quotes:
“she couldn’t afford to get used to gentle touches. it’s best if i don’t know what they feel like, she thought.”
“he wished he had someone who could see right through him and sometimes, he hated himself a little for it.”
“she would try later to paint something that felt similar to how she felt as his forehead rests on hers, as their heartbeats matched each other’s.”
“layla was the true north of his heart’s compass. a feeling like this only existed in his thoughts. it was never something that was within reach.”
“you know, wanting to be with someone, wanting something serious with someone you feel so strongly about, is not just reserved for those who are mentally healthy all the time. perfect people. that’s not how it works. it’s also not fair.”...more
”i love you. i love you. i love you. i’ll write it in waves. in skies. in my heart. you’ll never see, buwhat can i say? im a whore for pretty letters.
”i love you. i love you. i love you. i’ll write it in waves. in skies. in my heart. you’ll never see, but you will know. i’ll be all the poets, i’ll kill them all and take each one’s place in turn, and every time love’s written in all the strands it will be to you.”...more
”i am a dreamer; i have so little real life that i look upon such moments as this now, as so rare, that i cannot help going over such moments again in”i am a dreamer; i have so little real life that i look upon such moments as this now, as so rare, that i cannot help going over such moments again in my dreams. i shall be dreaming of you all night, a whole week, a whole year.”...more
“i will always love you, i will love you until the day i die— and if you’re the one to kill me, then by all means, you should know without a trace “i will always love you, i will love you until the day i die— and if you’re the one to kill me, then by all means, you should know without a trace of doubt you will not have turned me away. i will have spent the final beat of my heart loving you, just as i always have. only you, masha. only you, forever, i promise.”
my thoughts are mainly just dimamasha dimamasha dimamasha. the only couple that truly matters here.
i expected to give this book a higher rating because the first two parts were 10/10 but idk then the book quite literally lost the plot nothing even made sense or was explained after that point. it was very confusing and weird and made me feel disconnected from the book.
anyways this book was straight vibes and the writing is so pretty. but we can expect nothing less from the olivie blake
p.s. am i the only person that likes roma?? he had potential :(...more
there’s nothing like a mad woman…what a shame she went mad
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this book was a lot better than the first book for me! everything i felt was missing from athere’s nothing like a mad woman…what a shame she went mad
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this book was a lot better than the first book for me! everything i felt was missing from aggtm1 was in here and i ate it up. it felt like the stakes were higher, i felt the tension, i was kept on my toes, i didn’t wanna put the book down. this deliveredddd. yall were RIGHT telling me to continue the books to get what i want lmaoaoo
pip and ravi are just the cutest little beans i wanna squish them <3
this is the type of series you read quickly then go to sleep and forget the whole thing ever happened. did i waste my time? most definitely. added notthis is the type of series you read quickly then go to sleep and forget the whole thing ever happened. did i waste my time? most definitely. added nothing to my life. why did i continue? i have a thing with leaving series unfinished. and these were super quick reads so whatever.
ok now that im done this series im gna rant about a couple of things:
1. STARTING WITH EMILY. this girl has been dead the entire series. we never meet her. BUT SHES SO ALIVE WITHIN THE BOOKS. they talk more about emily than they do about living characters like fucking libby or nash. they constantly talk about her and bring her up it drives me insane. they somehow ALWAYS manage to bring it back to emily. we never met her. i do not care about her. i don’t care about rebeccas storyline with emily and i never have. like that shit literally came out of nowhere. i also don’t care about the thea/rebecca/emily storyline it was boring, it was so underdeveloped. it was so shallow. like genuinely could not give two single fucks about it yet anytime rebecca is in the room, she’s somehow crying over emily. girl we don’t care.
2. xanders character leads to nowhere. he seemed like a promising character at the start but what came of him? essentially nothing. he’s just there for vibes, and his whole crew (rebecca, thea) just there for vibes. not good ones tho.
3. jameson. confusion after confusion after confusion. he talks in riddles every chance he gets. he’s always on about something we don’t care about. he bothers me so much and he always has. his character is the biggest try hard i’ve ever seen. gave me the ick the moment he was introduced.
4. grayson. he’s definitely better than jameson. (in the first two books) i actually felt like his character is more developed. still not much, but he never got on my nerves so that’s a win for him. until he did. she basically ruins his entire character in this book. and for what? bye. so disappointing.
5. imagine if nash and libby were the main characters? sigh my life would have been way easier. avery be involving herself in everybody’s business except her sisters like can you go find out what’s happening in libbys life so i can see the libbynash romance blossom. such wasted potential there.
6. max. BRO IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA CURSE HOW ABOUT USE DIFFERENT VOCABULARY???? or get out of the book. disrespectfully, stop appearing with your weird phrases. in all 3 books, she has ONE normal conversation and it’s when she snaps at avery in book 1 about how she’s selfish. that’s it. every other time its “what the mother faxing elf is this beech?” SHUT.UP. curse or use different words. it’s not that hard you lunatic.
7. avery is the main character but idk how to explain it, she doesn’t serve main character energy. i feel like when we’re in her head we spend way more time on her describing other characters, just narrating what’s happening, her constantly repeating clues and stuff we’re supposed to remember, CONSTANTLY. she sits there replaying scenes that already happened a million times to make sure we remember. there’s never any subtlety. i feel like she just narrates the story but shes such an NPC, and yes, i see the irony in that. anyways, all these books and i feel like i don’t know anything except facts about her. she has nothing interesting going for her, i don’t know how she actually feels about things that are happening. maybe this should have been written in third person tbh idk.
8. and lastly i don’t even wanna waste any words on that stupid love triangle but she gave me a headache. like how do you even like either of them when there’s no spark anywhere? just to take us in mf circles for no reason. any time she’s in a room with jameson or grayson she’s sitting there all like “omg its sizzling in here the tension is crazy” the tension is not in the room with us babes. it’s giving delusion. what a shit romance. all of you should stay single.
and thats me done. not wasting another breath on these books....more
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