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The benefits of having put myself on a media diet for mental health are not just improved mental health, but a vastly improved attention span and more hours in which to deploy it reading. I finished over 1000 pages of novels this week, including the last two books in The Rosenholm Trilogy. Excellent life choices, Past Me.
What I Finished Reading This Week
Forget Me Not – Gry Kappel Jensen
This book is not well written in 365-degrees. Jensen completely ignores the plot- and worldbuilding elements that don't interest her (e.g., a coherent and consistent system of magic; a coherent and consistent curriculum at the novel's magical school; an explanation of how said school continues to operate when its students and teachers routinely end up severely maimed or dead; an explanation of how said school could even exist in modern Denmark to begin with; an explanation as to how none of the characters are crippled by severe trauma, PTSD, and survivor's guilt). But the storytelling aspects that do interest Jensen--the rivalries, friendships, jealousies, resentments, and loyalties of adolescent women; the various manifestations of adolescents' relationships with their parents; murders, conspiracies, and dark revelations; crazy plot twists and cliffhangers (some of them cleverly foreshadowed without being immediately obvious); an overarching mystery that spans all three volumes--shine. Moreover, Jensen's technical chops improved considerably in the second volume as compared to the first. These books are by no means literature, but they are a vastly fun read, and I look forward to starting the third.
Nightshade – Gry Kappel Jensen
First off, the bad. ( Read more... )
TL;DR - Neither this book nor the trilogy are perfect, but they are extremely entertaining reads despite their weaknesses: an MCU movie versus The Lord of the Rings. Approach them with the appropriate expectations you will enjoy the heck out of the read.
What I Am Currently Reading
The Chosen Queen – Sam Davey
I turned immediately back to this volume after finishing The Rosenholm Trilogy.
The Eagle of the Ninth – Rosemary Stewart
This is my current mass transit reading volume.
What I'm Reading Next
I did not acquire any new books this week.
これで以上です。
What I Finished Reading This Week
Forget Me Not – Gry Kappel Jensen
This book is not well written in 365-degrees. Jensen completely ignores the plot- and worldbuilding elements that don't interest her (e.g., a coherent and consistent system of magic; a coherent and consistent curriculum at the novel's magical school; an explanation of how said school continues to operate when its students and teachers routinely end up severely maimed or dead; an explanation of how said school could even exist in modern Denmark to begin with; an explanation as to how none of the characters are crippled by severe trauma, PTSD, and survivor's guilt). But the storytelling aspects that do interest Jensen--the rivalries, friendships, jealousies, resentments, and loyalties of adolescent women; the various manifestations of adolescents' relationships with their parents; murders, conspiracies, and dark revelations; crazy plot twists and cliffhangers (some of them cleverly foreshadowed without being immediately obvious); an overarching mystery that spans all three volumes--shine. Moreover, Jensen's technical chops improved considerably in the second volume as compared to the first. These books are by no means literature, but they are a vastly fun read, and I look forward to starting the third.
Nightshade – Gry Kappel Jensen
First off, the bad. ( Read more... )
TL;DR - Neither this book nor the trilogy are perfect, but they are extremely entertaining reads despite their weaknesses: an MCU movie versus The Lord of the Rings. Approach them with the appropriate expectations you will enjoy the heck out of the read.
What I Am Currently Reading
The Chosen Queen – Sam Davey
I turned immediately back to this volume after finishing The Rosenholm Trilogy.
The Eagle of the Ninth – Rosemary Stewart
This is my current mass transit reading volume.
What I'm Reading Next
I did not acquire any new books this week.
これで以上です。
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