I feel so many things about this series and I don’t even know how to put them into words.
I just… how very satisfying it is to be able to see how Le GuI feel so many things about this series and I don’t even know how to put them into words.
I just… how very satisfying it is to be able to see how Le Guin matured as a writer throughout this series. Her author’s note at the end punched me in the fucking gut.
Sometimes a family is an ex-priestess who desires to understand her place in existence, an ex-archmage who has lost his powers and seeks to come into his own as a man, and a child wronged at almost every turn who wants nothing more than a home to belong to and a family to love her. And that can be something so personal....more
This book was so incredibly devastating. Every other chapter is pages of lamenting a world that could’ve been. What if Chivalry acknowledged Fitz as hThis book was so incredibly devastating. Every other chapter is pages of lamenting a world that could’ve been. What if Chivalry acknowledged Fitz as his son? What if Lady Patience could’ve adopted Fitz and raised him as her son? What if Fitz didn't fake his death and decided to run away with Molly? What if Molly and The Fool had the chance to meet? What if Fitz had reached out and tried to develop a relationship with Nettle? What if Verity had told Fitz that he wanted Fitz to inherit the throne in the event of his death? What if Fitz wasn’t failed by every adult he has ever known and wasn’t raised to believe that it is normal for people to hate him and want him to suffer? That killing wasn’t the only thing that made people want to have him around-- that there are people who really do love him?...more
Now I understand the extreme lows and highs of middle-grade youth competitive ice skating. Seriously, I didn’t expect this book to hit me emotionally Now I understand the extreme lows and highs of middle-grade youth competitive ice skating. Seriously, I didn’t expect this book to hit me emotionally the way it did. The fact that it started off simply talking about mundane adolescent life things and just… escalated into, “Wow, your parents were kind of assholes, you were going through really tough times mentally, and you experienced some really dark, traumatic shit.”
This story was so genuinely endearing and heartbreaking at the same time. I don’t even know how to describe what I’m feeling right now.
I thought the sThis story was so genuinely endearing and heartbreaking at the same time. I don’t even know how to describe what I’m feeling right now.
I thought the sci-fi backdrop for this story was whimsical and beautiful. The writer does that thing where they don’t bog you down with endless world-building and exposition like a lot of sci-fi media does, and instead sprinkles a little in and lets your brain fill in the rest. *chef’s kiss*
Mia and Grace’s relationship is so sweet and Mia’s progression as a character is really fun to read.
One thing I would’ve liked from this books: I would’ve liked a chapter from Grace’s point of view regarding her time with Mia while at the academy and a few more chapters of her time when she returned to the Staircase. I know this is essentially Mia’s story, but I feel like Grace, considering she’s such an important character, doesn’t get a lot of time to shine. Although, it does leave room for another book and the world is broad enough that multiple stories could be told from it. I am especially interested in a short story about Elliot. Love them.
Overall, a really quick, fun read! Great book to end 2020 on!...more
I believe this is the first book with a “Love Letter to New York” type beat that didn’t make me immediately roll my eyes and close it. I had fun with I believe this is the first book with a “Love Letter to New York” type beat that didn’t make me immediately roll my eyes and close it. I had fun with this one!
I know there are some people who are so mad about the ending and I do not CARE! Did you expect the main cast to just forgive her for that? Nah....more
This book had me so wrapped I missed my train stop MULTIPLE TIMES trying to finish it!
This book was so... painfully eloquent. And I'm interested in anThis book had me so wrapped I missed my train stop MULTIPLE TIMES trying to finish it!
This book was so... painfully eloquent. And I'm interested in any book that includes a lengthy historical bibliography.
In my mind, I imagine Lily and Kath curled up on a couch in an apartment that they share, at peace, talking about space and planes. No one ever bothers them. They are happy. They're together....more
Oh to be a little moss-covered robot living in the wilderness of a solar punk fantasy world where the only thing you have to do is sit and watch naturOh to be a little moss-covered robot living in the wilderness of a solar punk fantasy world where the only thing you have to do is sit and watch nature and all its wonders.
Seriously, I'm fighting the "robots are autistic-coded" allegations back with a stick. And I am losing! HELP!...more