this was not very good but it was short and i've read worse. (i've also read MUCH better, hello King Hereafter.) the writing was stilted, i didn't carthis was not very good but it was short and i've read worse. (i've also read MUCH better, hello King Hereafter.) the writing was stilted, i didn't care about any characters and felt no emotion about what happened to them, and the few macbeth lines mcdermid dropped in there were awkward and stuck out. however it did have an entirely unnecessary scene where macbeth ran into thorfinn of orkney on a pilgrimage to rome and it made me laugh....more
i shouldn't be so surprised at how wonderful this was considering how wonderful the other books i've read by elizabeth wein are. i enjoyed this a lot!i shouldn't be so surprised at how wonderful this was considering how wonderful the other books i've read by elizabeth wein are. i enjoyed this a lot! i loved the friendships and i love the themes and i love how all the details came together. the audio narrator was also great....more
liked this one the best so far! people keep telling me the series improves as it goes along and i can see it. i also liked the slightly different framliked this one the best so far! people keep telling me the series improves as it goes along and i can see it. i also liked the slightly different framing of this one - they know who did it but have to prove how (as opposed to trying to figure out who did it)...more
it was okay. everything was done well but it didn't excite me. however it was available on libby when i needed something light and not stressful so itit was okay. everything was done well but it didn't excite me. however it was available on libby when i needed something light and not stressful so it served its purpose...more
--11 August 2023 FOUND FAMILY OF ALL TIME. doing ebooks for the series this reread so i can highlight 50% of the book for later comprehensive analysis --11 August 2023 FOUND FAMILY OF ALL TIME. doing ebooks for the series this reread so i can highlight 50% of the book for later comprehensive analysis (focus on jess and running, jess and brendan, jess and motives, and The Found Family because i'm a sucker for lines where characters Know Each Other). i know different people have different faves amongst the side characters and think jess is a little boring, but i love jess as a main character so completely.
also apparently i only ever read this book in august. according to goodreads it has happened the last four times.
--18 August 2021 i missed these kids so much and i'm so excited to keep rereading! i've meant to reread for a while and i was not disappointed now that i have finally started. something rly,, interesting (? not quite the right word) about rereading the first book is that you Know what they'll all go through together in the future but at the beginning they either don't know each other or don't like each other and then towards the end you see the very beginning of a strong found family and you Know it'll get EVEN STRONGER and that these kids'll risk it all for each other and understand each other so deeply and it's like "little do you know"
also you know about all the pain that is coming. little do they know. oops.
anyway this is far and away my favorite book found family ever and it only gets better from here
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--11 August 2023 FOUND FAMILY OF ALL TIME. doing ebooks for the series this reread so i can highlight 50% of the book for later comprehensive analysis (focus on jess and running, jess and brendan, jess and motives, and The Found Family because i'm a sucker for lines where characters Know Each Other). i know different people have different faves amongst the side characters and think jess is a little boring, but i love jess as a main character so completely.
also apparently i only ever read this book in august. according to goodreads it has happened the last four times.
--18 August 2021 i missed these kids so much and i'm so excited to keep rereading! i've meant to reread for a while and i was not disappointed now that i have finally started. something rly,, interesting (? not quite the right word) about rereading the first book is that you Know what they'll all go through together in the future but at the beginning they either don't know each other or don't like each other and then towards the end you see the very beginning of a strong found family and you Know it'll get EVEN STRONGER and that these kids'll risk it all for each other and understand each other so deeply and it's like "little do you know"
also you know about all the pain that is coming. little do they know. oops.
anyway this is far and away my favorite book found family ever and it only gets better from here...more
very cute! the sibling relationship was the center (as it should be) and done really well. i liked the arcs both twins went through, especially with tvery cute! the sibling relationship was the center (as it should be) and done really well. i liked the arcs both twins went through, especially with their relationship to each other, to their mother, and to grief/their father....more
i liked the "kingship" and "order and hierarchy" chapters the best, and i thought the latter did a good job of connecting and broadening out what figei liked the "kingship" and "order and hierarchy" chapters the best, and i thought the latter did a good job of connecting and broadening out what figes had been talking about throughout into tragedy as an overall concept. not explicitly a shakespeare book but the examples figes used were from ancient greek and early modern drama. gave some nice historical context for why tragedy worked in each of these eras, and how certain techniques would have been recieved by a contemporary audience....more
i liked how it brought in different examples of rhetoric used in the media and what it broke down to mean, or the techniques the speaker was using, a i liked how it brought in different examples of rhetoric used in the media and what it broke down to mean, or the techniques the speaker was using, and how those compared with the speaker's own actions.
also, more importantly, i learned that genevieve guenther, who i have been familiar with only because of climate communication/advocacy, has a phd in renaissance lit?? she made a shakespeare metaphor once and i was like, i see you dr guenther, we are the same ...more
funnier than i expected! the sexism was a LOT though, whew, especially in the second half, and especially during that long stretch in lady de winter'sfunnier than i expected! the sexism was a LOT though, whew, especially in the second half, and especially during that long stretch in lady de winter's head
eilonwy's back and she got so many opportunities to shine!! still not entirely sure how i feel about the ending but i liked this book better than the eilonwy's back and she got so many opportunities to shine!! still not entirely sure how i feel about the ending but i liked this book better than the last two
didn't like it so much as the first one. less happened, less mystery. still enjoyable though!didn't like it so much as the first one. less happened, less mystery. still enjoyable though!...more
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