The Great Gatsby- A Book Review

The Great Gatsby - a book review

the only reason im giving this a 4 star rating is because the plot wasn't all that interesting and the ending was quite predictable (but what can i say this is not a detective novel so i didn't really mind that bit) . i had higher expectations. i did, still though, like the book. it was enjoyable, albeit it was hard to navigate or pay attention to the plot that was a bit dull at times. possibly the only reason i gave this a 4 star rating is because of fitzgerald's writing style and word choices. his writing style's quite simplistic, not that hard to read compared to other classical authors, yet it still conveys what he wants it to. his descriptions are quite vivid as well, of course they are not as brilliant as edogawa ranpo's but they were still well written. his wordings, i suppose i could call them, were mainly what made me like this book as much as i do. he worded some sentences so beautifully. it was quite nice to read. i don't think that i would recommend this book to many, as its plot isn't really intriguing, but i suppose if i were to recommend this to someone, it would be for the language arts used. for fitzgerald's admirable way of words. note: i imagined gastby as francis from bungou stray dogs and it made it a bit funny to read. they're a lot alike and it's obvious why. a second note: i did not like the blatant racism and sexism here but i suppose that was normal back then (which is just disgusting to think about)

Lonesome Love - a song analysis

as always, please listen to the song before reading the analysis. i think this song is perfect for an enemies-to-lovers ship, for many reasons that will be revealed within the analysis. ‘so i can win and this can finally end’ the singer is always facing the person that they love, whom they would rather die than confess that they love, and their lover always wins. it shatters them to see it happen, but they cannot really do anything about it, so they do a re-match, then another, and then another. they think that these rematches will help them get rid of their feelings towards their lover, but they later on find out that they’re mistaken. ‘and you say hello, and i lose’ their lover simply greets them, a simple hello, and they already know that they’re going to lose, because they know that they will not ever stop feeling what they feel for their lover and opponent, they will never stop thinking of them, so even if they did win, they wouldn’t reach what they wanted. ‘why am i lonely for lonesome love? why am i lonely?’ the singer is now simply thinking of everything, after losing to their rival and lover once more. they realize how painfully lonely they are, and how they crave to be loved. this song is very sad when you come to realize it-

Mystery - a song analysis

once more, please listen to the song before reading the analysis. this one’s another enemies-to-lovers song, and it’s one of my personal favourites. also i believe it’s the first song for me to analyse that is not by mitski. ‘what a mystery, that i could want you still’ the singer is now with their lover, peacefully. they used to be rivals before, and they never once even agreed, but now they’re together, now they’re partners. because of so, the singer is a bit at disbelief, that they could still want their lover, but now in a romantic sense, not a ‘i-will-have-your-head-as-a-trophy’ manner. they find it to be a mystery, but one that they’re willing to unravel and crack. ‘it’s a mystery, that i would pick you ten out of nine times’ although they’re at peace with their emotions for their partner, they still are marvelled by how they would always pick their lover of all people for anything. they don’t believe, even though they know it’s true, that they would pick their lover to be their lover even in another world or another universe. it’s a mystery, one that they will never understand, but one that does not bother them, even though they do not understand it. i don’t really have much to say for this song. it makes me very happy when i listen to it, and i appreciate the two lines that i spoke of extensively a lot.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - a book review (spoiler warning for the book)

uh hello. so i decided that, for the meantime, i will include my book reviews here as well, because i do not have that much writing content to post, and because my other content, aside from my writings, would be character and song analysis. i wanted to start my book reviews with my most recent read, which is the invisible life of addie larue. here are my thoughts on it: wow. this book was not what i would call the most marvelous thing i've read (because that title would go to japanese tales of mystery and imagination) but i would say that this was one of the more impressive books that i have read, in terms of both language usage and plot.  i'll start with the language usage, to keep the spoilery bits about the plot for later. i would confidently say that i rather like v.e. schwab's writing style. it's simplistic, but poetic, and i believe this type of writing is what people would call flowery, and i found that i quite like that style of writing. there are so many different lines i've highlighted just because of how much i liked the way it was written or because of how the emotion was brilliantly expressed or even because of just how mysterious the line sounds alone. aside from that, i like shifting of perspectives, where one chapter is modern day and the other is sometime in the past. it helped the story make sense as it moved along. the things i liked in the plot are, to me, a bit less significant than the language usage that i liked, but they're still important enough to discuss. something i found to be rather clever was how this story, as a whole, is a romance that has little hints of mystery and fantasy that make the romance seem like a fantasy. it did not feel like a romance book to me, and i really liked that, since i do not like the romance genre all that much. another thing i liked was the characters. now, i can't really say that i like the characters as people (with the exception of henry. i like him as a person) but they are brilliantly well written. a prime example of that would be luc. i do not like him in the slightest but his character and personality and just his entire being was incredibly well written. addie is sort of like that as well, except that i do sort of like her, just not as much as henry. she could be a bit dull sometimes, but for the most part, she's alright. the final thing i liked about the plot, and this is where the spoilery bit is so beware, is the ending. i cannot say that i liked that addie ended up with who she ended up with, because i did not want her to end up with him. however, the aspect of the ending that i liked was what henry did with addie's story. i think it was incredibly brilliant of him to turn everything that she has told him into a book and sell it because i think that being an author fits him as a person and because it's just a really smart thing to do, because what else would he do with addie's story? overall, i would definitely recommend this book. i absolutely adored the writing style and the plot was quite interesting as well.

And then there were None - a book review

agatha chrisite is a genius. that is how i can sum this book up simply. there are many things i liked about this book, but the thing i loved the most was the mystery itself. the language that christie uses is rather simple compared to edogawa ranpo or edgar allan poe, but it still gets the description across, similar to fitzgerald's. her mystery, however, is a unique one. i was able to guess the murderer halfway through the book, but throughout the rest of the book, i kept doubting myself. she made me think that it could be someone else, but my answer seemed to be the most logical one, so i stuck with it. i like the idea of the mystery itself, i found it to be quite creative, since i've never seen it applied in another book or movie before. the idea of ten people being killed by one of them and having the murderer be vague is quite difficult to execute, and christie said so herself, but what i liked more about the idea was that the murders all followed a nursery rhyme, which i think just shows how unsettling those rhymes can be, and how the murderer was a genius in his own way. aside from the mystery itself, and its brilliant execution, i love how christie wrote her characters. they all seemed quite human, quite realistic. to me, they seemed like characters that you might actually find during that time, during that era. another thing i really liked about this book is that it was fast-paced. the murders all happened quite quickly, and the book's pace helped me a lot in finishing it in a short period of time. over all, i loved this book and i would recommend it to practically anyone. i think it would be a decent starter book for people who want to get into the mystery genre more.

Francis Forever - a song analysis

like the previous song analysis, please listen to the song beforehand to be able to understand this analysis better before i start analysing any lines, i would like to say that i feel that this song is the singer talking about how they’ve separated from someone that meant a lot to them and this is affecting them deeply, all because they do not know how to live without their lover being there anymore.  1. ‘i don’t know what to do without you, i don’t know where to put my hands’ the singer and their partner have separated and the singer has no idea now how to cope with them being gone. they cannot imagine their life without their partner now that they’re gone 2. ‘i don’t need the world to see that i’ve been the best i can be, but i don’t think i can stand to be, where you don’t see me’ the singer knows that they will not be able to carry on without their lover. they will not be able to live if their lover doesn’t notice them. they don’t want the world’s or others’ recognition, they just want their lover’s. 3. ‘i look up at the gaps of sunlight, i miss you more than anything’ i think here that the singer and their lover used to go on walks or something of the like where they’d look up at trees and see the gaps between them that let the sun in, and that made the singer miss their lover even more than they already do. 4. ‘and autumn comes when you’re not yet done with the summer just passing by’ i think this lyric conveys that, to the singer, summer is a time of happiness, a great time full of pleasant memories, yet it does not last for long, as autumn comes quicker than they expect. this song doesn’t really have many lyrics to decipher the meaning of, but i still thought that there were some lyrics that had a bit more depth into them. also i just wanted to add that the electric guitar played here made the song sound more like someone screaming the lyrics while crying than someone singing them softly while crying.