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i was assigned this for summer reading before my junior year of high school, a terrible turn of events that culminated in me bawling my eyes out at the community pool in front of a bunch of six year olds and their moms.
this book is so f*cking sad it's unbelievable. at the time i equated "this book makes me concerned i will drown in a pool of my own tears, which is especially pertinent considering i am currently at a non-tear-based pool and am also crying" with "this book is good."
i do not do that now, and in fact have gone so far in the other direction that when a book is overly sad in a deliberate, try-hard way, i think it's cheap pandering and i'm inclined to hate it.
but at the time, i loved this, or thought i did, so lowering the rating is probably unfair.
but if i reread it, i'd probably two star it out of spite.
i won't reread it though. hate feeling emotions.
this is part of a project i'm doing where on top of all my other daily updates - short story a day, review a day, new current read a day, book finished every day - i make you deal with a review of a book i read a long time ago. if you've been needing my permission to divest me from your online life, go ahead.
this book is so f*cking sad it's unbelievable. at the time i equated "this book makes me concerned i will drown in a pool of my own tears, which is especially pertinent considering i am currently at a non-tear-based pool and am also crying" with "this book is good."
i do not do that now, and in fact have gone so far in the other direction that when a book is overly sad in a deliberate, try-hard way, i think it's cheap pandering and i'm inclined to hate it.
but at the time, i loved this, or thought i did, so lowering the rating is probably unfair.
but if i reread it, i'd probably two star it out of spite.
i won't reread it though. hate feeling emotions.
this is part of a project i'm doing where on top of all my other daily updates - short story a day, review a day, new current read a day, book finished every day - i make you deal with a review of a book i read a long time ago. if you've been needing my permission to divest me from your online life, go ahead.