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landofnowherePrincess Napraxine, Ouida. Finished the book! (I was right to be worried last week, though not for the right reasons.) I am curious what the sequel will do, but also feel like the book stands on its own despite the unsettling aspects of the ending.
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt. I finished this -- it was good, remarkably engrossing in the final sections, and I hope to reread it sometime and get more out of it. I was in some ways disappointed by Ludo taking over the narration and plot, I found Sibylla more interesting, but it also became clear that part of the reason that Sibylla was fading out of the plot was because she was going through serious depression, and she was still important to the story through the end even though she wasn't actively doing anything. Ludo's voice as a narrator didn't feel very different from Sibylla's, which I actually think is realistic given that he's spent most of his life around her with the main outside influences being the literature and movies they both watch. (It made me maybe slightly question whether Ludo could be a figment of Sibylla's imagination, but that is not the sort of place that this book goes.)
Funny Story, Emily Henry. Romantic fluff, didn't stand out much from its genre. Partly set in a library, which was nice -- there was some mention of a character who cries at the end of books, which made me feel validated that I cried at the more emotional bits of this, but they didn't stick with me.
Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe. 20-year-old deals with the challenges of being a single mom financially supporting herself on OnlyFans, while bonding with her pro wrestler father she barely knew and her LARPer roommate who deserved more page time, but, well, it's Margo who's telling the story. Fun and also very meta about storytelling and performing a character. Less about the financial aspect of things than I expected from the title.
The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt. I finished this -- it was good, remarkably engrossing in the final sections, and I hope to reread it sometime and get more out of it. I was in some ways disappointed by Ludo taking over the narration and plot, I found Sibylla more interesting, but it also became clear that part of the reason that Sibylla was fading out of the plot was because she was going through serious depression, and she was still important to the story through the end even though she wasn't actively doing anything. Ludo's voice as a narrator didn't feel very different from Sibylla's, which I actually think is realistic given that he's spent most of his life around her with the main outside influences being the literature and movies they both watch. (It made me maybe slightly question whether Ludo could be a figment of Sibylla's imagination, but that is not the sort of place that this book goes.)
Funny Story, Emily Henry. Romantic fluff, didn't stand out much from its genre. Partly set in a library, which was nice -- there was some mention of a character who cries at the end of books, which made me feel validated that I cried at the more emotional bits of this, but they didn't stick with me.
Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe. 20-year-old deals with the challenges of being a single mom financially supporting herself on OnlyFans, while bonding with her pro wrestler father she barely knew and her LARPer roommate who deserved more page time, but, well, it's Margo who's telling the story. Fun and also very meta about storytelling and performing a character. Less about the financial aspect of things than I expected from the title.
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Date: 5 Dec 2024 11:19 (UTC)