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(Forget) Cause you're gonna sit on the face when I'm not there!
(Forget) Cause you're gonna sit on the face when I'm not there!
Be the cool soundtrack........ so on that note.
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An Unprompted Review of Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
I absolutely love this book overall. It's such an interesting read and I'd definitely recommend it (I haven't watched the movie for it yet, so I don't have much to say there).
❗️ spoilers (and disorganized thoughts) below ❗️
Firstly, I will say that this book has made me a fan of Nicola Yoon's. I acknowledge that I'm super late to the party, but I am so glad to be here.
Now, let's get into it. One thing that I love about this book is not just the story itself, but how it's written. It's almost like reading a diary (which was an intentional and appreciated touch) and really puts into perspective how much time Madeline spends with herself. She jots down schedules of strangers (and soon-to-be lovers) that she observes, she writes short book reviews, there are chat logs between her and Ollie, and things of that nature. It does a good job of having the reader feel engaged in her story and also gives more insight on what's happening. This style of writing also inspires me to experiment with adding illustrations and random thoughts within my own work. One thing that I don't love about this book is the pacing at a certain point. Everything is going pretty well up until we find out Madeline's mom had been making everything up. It just feels like everything happened really fast. The story blew past the fact that her mother had been lying to herself to cope with losing her husband and child. There was a lot to unpack there and all we got is that she went to therapy. I would have loved to see more exploration of what her mom has been going through. I would have also loved to see more conversation between Madeline and her mother about this. Also, the doctor that Madeline saw while in Hawaii very quickly realized that she did not have SCID. Why didn't Carla, the nurse who has been helping care for Madeline for as long as she can remember, notice this? In the book, I remember her saying something about how she "had suspicions" but there had to have been more than just suspicion, right? I guess I can't blame her too much since she probably just wants to provide for her own family but I dunno. Unless this was addressed and I just don't remember lol.
Conclusion:
I'd give this book a 4/5. I really loved it. Other than those issues above, I only have good things to say about this book. Well done, Mrs. Yoon!
We made another thing for London MCM!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras
$2.36 = £1.50 (approximately) $2.25 = £1.50 (approximately) International Shipping: $5 Illustrated Halloween playlist featuring Everything Everything, Bat For Lashes, Gnarls Barkley, The Go! Team, Tom Lehrer, Gorillaz, Villagers, Franz Ferdinand, Peace, Adam Buxton, The Kinks and The Subways. A6 12 Interior Pages Black and White Interior Orange Cover (80gsm) Black Inside Cover (80gsm) (Sarah Fogg www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sarahfogg )
You are afraid / That you're a pizza boy
Bits of this song were written by a human
and other bits are nonsense generated by a neural network trained on
400,000 4chan comments
The Collected Sayings of Confucius
Linkedin's entire terms and conditions
Beowulf
and I can't tell which bits are which because it's Everything Everything and their songs have ALWAYS lowkey sounded like the lyrics got dragged backwards through google translate
which makes them absolutely the right band to pull off a neural network lyric writing/collaboration experiment like this! I can't think of another band where the neural net lyrics wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb
Keep getting lost in my current music fixation (everything everything) and I’m like “why don’t more people listen to EE?” and then I come back down to earth and remember most people don’t enjoy listening to a shrill British man sing-rapping absolute fucking nonsense into their ears at Mach speed accompanied by the sounds of a Dell laptop falling down a flight of stairs. BUT I DO !!!!
Hello!
Buckle up, buttercups! We’re in for another post wave!
I’ve found a BUNCH of beautiful quotes from the glorious Language of Thorns!! So, prep for some of those, but that’s not all! We’ve also got some life & love quotes from Everything, Everything!!
Thank y’all for sticking with me and my totally-not-consistent posting schedule!! Love y’all!! <3 <3
