Reviews and Comments

A really fun book, better than the first in a lot of ways. It stretches a ton of credibility so you do have to sort of... accept this is a very rosey look into the past (and into trauma, which despite what the poets will claim is not cured with the Power of Love). But the characters are compelling, and Radclyffe is no slouch as a writer, so it's fun. I liked Vance, a lot. Reminded me of a gay Blueberry but like... in a good way.

Beaucoup de petits moments drôles — j'ai aimé « le bord de l'apocalypse » dans l'introduction et dans la liste « Vingt-cinq choses qui prouvent que tu vis une crise du quart de vie » il y a des éléments très hilarants. Je ne connais pas la poète, donc je ne sais pas si c'est son premier recueil, mais il y a un petit je ne sais quoi qui me fais penser que c'est un premier recueil.

J'ai eu un petit moment ce matin où j'ai compris que je ne me souvenais plus de la dernière fois que j'ai lu un poème en français écrit après 1910 donc je me suis dit qu’il fallait qu'je corrige ça. J'ai trouvé ce bouquin sur le site de la BANQ, j'ai aimé le titre, on verra bien ce que ça donne!

Need to read chapter 5 and 12 for a bookclub and might try to tackle more of the book, though it is a little on the dense side so I don't know if I have the energy for it.

Attempting to read nonfiction that is not SUPER depressing, I guess?

I am skeptical about this one, but it came unexpectedly soon in the library so let's hop to it.

When you know the Disney Beauty and the Beast, the bones of this story are very apparent. But they're good bones. And though I don't like the first two-ish chapters, it does pick up nicely.

Well, that was cheerful. And I'm noticing so many more little similarities between Persuasion and P&P and the evolution from P&P to Persuasion is very interesting to think about. The use of the epistolary is so good.