sarah2438's reviews
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I did a dual read of the traditional with the graphic novel and that honestly may have been overdoing it. I would say read the original and then later on you may want to reread it as a graphic novel. The nature of the work is a give and take, where you gain the talented illustrations but will inherently lose some of the writing. I recommend, but not for the first time reading the book. You'll lose some nuance if you read this first. I also believe that graphic novel formats make a book easier to binge through without really contemplating what you're seeing/reading.

Very difficult to read, for obvious reasons. But I fully recommend. Beware basically all TWs.

I loved the creepy artwork and found the story very compelling-- you could easily binge this in a day. The first 2/3 or so was very good at a surface level. But once I gave it more than a moment of critical thought, I started to realize how problematic it is. There's some pretty wack right-wing propaganda that's being wrapped in cool pictures and a neat concept so that it goes down easier.

TLDR: The parents force their child to be trans because they're evil, atheist murderers that thought they could steal a child from an immigrant because no one cares about those.

Plz see below for a review that sums this all up better than I have:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5255108288

Entertaining but not a standout. I already own the next 3 books and they're all about this short so I'll continue going. It was a bit of an info dump when it came to world building but Murderbot is cute. 

Binge read this in a day and it was SO GOOD. No knowledge of Dracula required. The writing is gorgeous and I love Constanta so much. I only wish it was longer because I want to spend more time with these characters, but nothing is missing. Easy 5 stars.

The pacing (obviously from a modern-day perspective and with modern standards in mind) was awful. But the writing was very good and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I still think Carmilla deserves more credit and I think I overall liked it better as one of the first works of vampire fiction, but of course Dracula can still hold its own.

I could finish it and it would be fine but I don't want to read something that's just fine.

This was short and sweet. I think the lady with the folder could've had a bit more detail, and I think the emotions were a bit exaggerated at times. Seemed like there were a few times where people were having a somber conversation without much emotion and suddenly someone was crying. But overall I liked this and it was a nice change of pace for the day.

This was so damn weird. I liked the statements on feminism but Nightbitch herself was just so cringe and insane and that kinda wrecked the book for me. Like let's be real here, you didn't HAVE to feed raw meat to your child. This woman is just losing her shit over this weird, nonsensical transformation and she acts out in the most insane and uncomfortable ways. Also, this is less than 300 pages but still feels way too long. MAJOR content warning for animal cruelty/death. Not for me.
Although now that I've read all that nasty shit, I might be inclined to give Bunny a shot-- the main thing holding me back on that was the similar content warnings.

Whoopsies, accidentally read this in a matter of hours after work.
I'll be the first to say that this probably won't be a standout. The writing is average and I saw the twist coming. But the way that I DEVOURED this-- I have to recommend it. Even if I was periodically considering DNFing early on due to the writing (I knew this would be a  3 star) there was just something that hooked me. I didn't like our main character at all. This sad, lonely old woman getting suckered by strangers on the internet hit a little too close to home. But I still just had to know what happened next.