#books and coffee
You are my moon, my stars and all my desires
A fixed amount of solvent (my braincells) can only dissolve x moles of solute (every detail in a fantasy universe)
Fictional men written by women being ink on paper is my villain origin story
The calm before a storm; the love before a loss
What do you mean I standing ominously towards a window while I deliver a monologue why we wouldn’t work isn’t flirting
Hate that I only find the fictional morally grey, psychos hot but I must stay true to myself
Your love was always enough for even my most intimate desires
Evening Primrose by Kopano Matlwa
Rating: 9/10
This was such an interesting read, I was honestly really pleasantly surprised by hw much I enjoyed this book. If you’ve been reading my review for a while, then you’ll know that the thing I hate about reading is expectation. If my expectations are too high because of a ‘hype’ then I’m always disappointed - so my outlook is to always go in with low expectation.
But this book really took me by surprise. I was kindly sent a copy of this book by Hodder & Stoughton, and I don’t know why, but I’m always a little hesitant when I get sent books by publishing companies and feel a lot of pressure to read them. But I decided that this would be one of my holiday reads…little did I realise that it would be so profound.
The novel is in the form of diary entries, so follows the life of the narrator from when she’s very young through into her adult life in South Africa - her education as a teenager, training as a doctor, her relationship with her mother. But most importantly, the novel also comments on a number of socio-political events and attitudes within South Africa.
Throughout the book there’s a lot of commentary on the divide within the community between light and dark skinned South Africans, as well as xenophobic attitudes towards individuals from North African countries and the discrimination that they face/faced.
There are so many interesting comments made throughout the novel, without giving too much of the novel’s plot away (as to prevent spoilers), its interesting to read about the inability to speak out against a majority view or ideology.
I became so engrossed in this book that I managed to start, and finish it in a matter of hours. Due to the length and layout of the book, it was very easy to just power read, but the cliff hangers and content also helped keep me hooked too.
I’m so so in love with this book and everything that it discusses and the way it brings taboo subjects into the forefront of narrative, you’d be a fool not to read it. Completely and utterly deserving of its 9/10 rating, Evening Primrose is a touching and thought provoking novel that will leave you completely stunned - a must read this summer.
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“All lives end; all hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock.” Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock, BBC)
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Yesterday we celebrated 10 years of the first episode of “Sherlock” from the BBC, I love that show, it’s among my top 5 favorites, I love everything about it, the story, the characters, the actors, the cinematography, all of it. I found my love for Benedict Cumberbatch in that TV show, now he’s my favorite actor, i love him very much. A couple of months ago i read the last manga (based in the tv series) that is published in spanish can’t wait for the second part. Anyway, here in my city it’s raining a lot so i’m spending my sunday rewatching Avatar the last airbender and reading Godsgrave, yesterday i finish Obsidio and i’m very happy to finally have finished the Illuminae Files, Have a lovely Sunday people!
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“The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You’re a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight
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