Anastasia

Implausible but fun

Revisado: 04-09-24

Fast-paced and kept my attention. Lots of twists and turns. Pretty satisfying ending. Audio performance was good.

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Just all over the place

Revisado: 01-13-24

But also no where. So bored with the romance. Main character is annoying. Why does the narrator have to shout throughout all of the high action scenes?

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Expertly crafted, devastating

Revisado: 09-26-23

It took me a while to adjust to how bleak the story was. But after staying with it for halfway through, I saw how important this story was to be told. To bring empathy and understanding of Demon’s community and how ravaged they were by the epidemic. A great body of work, but not a light read.

The narrator was A plus plus.

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Not for me

Revisado: 08-23-23

People weren’t kidding when they said the first half was slow. Not only that but it was tiring following a group of repressed, miserable, though still privileged women. I understand that it was a portrayal of generational trauma, but it’s a book where these issues could’ve been solved with therapy and counseling.

The ending also felt very Hollywood and I’m not sure I wanted that.

My biggest question is who let’s a woman who has clearly had that much trauma around child rearing have not one but two more children before having received proper therapy??? And her husband who loved her so much just let her. Also the dad, for all the love the author bestowed on him, was a big part of the issue as well. He really enabled the mom’s behaviors. Like yes she has traumas, but if he were really a good father, he would’ve done a better job to protect his daughters from her triggers.

It just didn’t make sense to me.

The most important part was Vera’s stories.

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Enjoyed the beginning, rolled my eyes at the end

Revisado: 08-19-23

Really enjoyed the cut-throat Harry Potter world but with dragons vibes of the beginning. But the writing of the romance towards the end just wasn’t for me.

The fight scenes towards the end was also confusing to follow.

I hope the next books feel more like the beginning of the book.

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Something to pass the time

Revisado: 07-21-23

This story was just so mid. I liked the pacing I guess but the premise was so…unsatisfying. There was so much focus on being a wife and a mother. Her identity felt really claustrophobic. And then it at the end about hysterical force or whatever just made me roll my eyes. Was it only attributed to women? Bc the history between women and the word hysteria isn’t great.

Just never really ended up loving or particularly rooting for the main character or her husband.

Also lol at the one best friend to add “diversity.”

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A wild satire

Revisado: 07-15-23

It was brutal and I can see why some people loved it and some people hated it. Love would be a strong word for me because I identified too much with elements of what Ingrid went through despite not being an academic. It’s pretty brilliant and if you don’t get it, you don’t get it. It’s not meant for you or worse…

Like other people have mentioned, I struggled with the narrators super dead pan, unaffected style at the beginning. I really wished she did more with the voices. Wondered what the experience of the book would have been like with a different narrator.

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A beautiful story that was slow to launch

Revisado: 05-07-23

I had an incredibly tough time getting into this story at first. The pacing was exceedingly slow and I had a hard time understanding what the narrator of the fig tree was saying. Not sure if it’s the narrators voice or a production issue, but I kept missing every other word - even at super high volumes.

I got more into it maybe a third of the way through. By that time I understood the authors style a lot more. I appreciated that she interwove history with explanations about various flora and fauna. At first it felt disjointed, but eventually I came to see how crafty the author was at doing so.

It was an original way to describe generational trauma. I can see why people say it’s beautiful and bittersweet. Stories that needed to be told.

Just wish it got there a bit sooner.

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Bittersweet

Revisado: 04-02-23

I was intrigued that the book had fantastical elements - a sweet reunion with a birth child and romance with a certain man; however there were some really dark moments too. What affected me the most was Mika’s relationship with her mother. Great performance by the main narrator.

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Cryptic, vague, depressing

Revisado: 01-30-23

While I loved the poetic quality of the prose and how the author explored themes of grief and loss, I was grasping for something concrete. Ended up feeling as dissatisfied as the characters in the book.

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