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Gosh yes, another fellow Lapvona disliker. It felt like it wanted to be subversive and squirmish on purpose. To say, anything a writer writes on theme is majorily "on purpose". However, it's noticeable when something is purposefully more about the shock of "see how that thing is actually messed up???" than actually questioning any moral dilemma.

I have such a bone to pick with that book and author and I 100% agree on the "weird" parts feeling extremely performative. I could almost hear the author going "hehe that'll show 'em how cool and messed up I am" during certain scenes.

It honestly reads to me at a really bad attempt at magical realism à la 100 years of solitude or Our Share of night (ok that one is more horror but still).

The "messed up" parts did nothing to me, i was just like well now I know that what are you going to do with it and the author did NOTHING. And I thought I was not alone in this but the reviews on Goodreads are either a) disgusting horrible book I couldn't finish because so disgusted or b) omg she is such a queeeeen the book is so crazy and messed up omg omg the grape scene was so gross. Which just cemented my belief that this book was definitely not written for me but for people that want to be cool and subversive without actually engaging with anything truly subversive or messed up (sorry I'm a massive hater).

Also, the worldbuilding of that "middle ages ish" Village was borderline insulting in how trite and full of clichés it was. There's so much potential in a setting such as this but to me it felt like the author did absolutely 0 research and just copied that Hollywood idea of the middle ages where everything is grey and brown and everyone is miserable and stupid and nothing good or interesting ever happens. To which I can only say: do better. Stop being boring.

Rant finished.

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Enough about favorite books. What’s a book you read and absolutely hated? The book you’ve got a bone to pick with.

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ROBERT WUN Couture Fall/Winter 2026 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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Elves :) maybe even.... Tolkien elves? Idk what I'm doing

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One of the biggest mysteries in life is the fact that the Reckless books by Cornelia Funke were not more successful. I got the first volume gifted at 12 years old and I was, at times still am, obsessed with that story.

It should have been as big as Inkheart. The world we could have lived in.

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10 favourite movies in Gifs

I got tagged by @cafeleningrad to share 10 of my favourite movies in Gifs and hell yeah movies!!

it's a mix of comedies I've seen a million times, dramas I am not sure I can stomach to ever watch again, old favourites, new favourites, fantastic adaptations of source materials, incredible orginal screenplays and all of them at some point did make me cry. I think.

Except for the honorary number 11 which made me and my dad laugh so hard we woke up my mum one floor above us.

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Reading Plans for 2025

About one million years ago I got tagged by @cafeleningrad to share 10 books on my to- read pile for 2025. Unsurprisingly, I totally forgot to answer that. So now, halfway through 2025 10 books that I haven't got to yet but still plan to read in 2025:

Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat: next on my reading list. I stumbled upon it through a nice recommendation on Goodreads and since I haven't read any Iranian authors yet, am really looking forward to it.

Das Dreißigste Jahr by Ingeborg Bachmann: I cannot believe I have not read a single thing by one of the most prolific german speaking authors of the 20th century so I bought this short story collection to make amends and to finally get to know one of the most important austrian authors of all time

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges: was recommended this short story in a bookstore while I was looking for another of his books. I love Magical Realism and really want to get back to the essential authors of that genre.

The Trojan Women by Euripides: I have about 15 unread plays lying around, this is the one I'm trying to get to next. Love Euripides, love all his women centric tragedies.

Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück: One of my favourite poets, this is one collection I haven't read yet but it's in my shelf waiting for me.

The Unworthy by Augustina Bazterrica: found this by chance, the premise sounds terrific, looking so forward to this.

We do not Part by Han Kang: I loved Human Acts by the same author, I haven't read a lot of Korean literature yet so I'm excited to dig into this.

Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson: I have had this book on my to read pile for years now and finally bought and it is time to finally read it.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke: I am seized by a sudden urge to reread one of my favourite fantasy series from when I was a kid. Cornelia Funke and her Inkheart and Reckless books have a very special place in my heart and I recently found out that a 4th novel of the Reckless series was published some years back. I cannot wait to return to the Spiegelwelt from when I was 12.

Last but not least a wildcard: Literally ANYTHING by Ursula K. Le Guin. I am pretty sure I have read almost anything Le Guin has ever published but I am always on the hunt for some niche novel or short story collection I haven't heard of yet. I hope I find something new by her because every novel, poem, novella, short story by Le Guin has been an absolute delight.

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90s x-files photoshoot (shot by david lachapelle)

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whats a stereotype for your country that you absolutely do. mine is that i unironically go "eh" and apologize a lot and i often drink maple syrup straight

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ok well now I'm crying

I've only played 2 hours of Clair Obscure Expedition 33 and I am already obsessed

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oh my goodness i just found your account today and it is truly lovely. immediate follow. i study western mythology and you have such a good grasp on the characters and their meanings and how to incorporate them in your art. your artistic ability is incredible, colorful and dream-like, and the watercolors are fantastic. there's such a sense of longing in each of the drawings, like they want to be free and they know they're being watched by someone who can't help them. but there's still so much pride and dignity in the way you depict them, blazing with color and righteous fury. i truly love your art so much. thank you for sharing!

Omg this is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said about my art thank you SO MUCH. I'm so happy my paintings resonate with you!

I'm unironically crying a bit over this.

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Why are there MIMES everywhere they freak me out

I've only played 2 hours of Clair Obscure Expedition 33 and I am already obsessed

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I've only played 2 hours of Clair Obscure Expedition 33 and I am already obsessed

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Hate that William Gibson's writing style and world building is genuinely that good. Like ok fine I guess Neuromancer DID define the entire cyberpunk genre with the richness of its imagery and ideas. I guess it IS worth returning to.

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lisa peterson and denis o’hare, an iliad

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Old guys with fragile egos that can't stand a young woman being better than them grrrrrrr i will tear out your liver and eat it

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Kinda forgot that my gold marker reflects light really well and now their eyes are following me around my apartment at all tines