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The worst trope in the universe is when someone accuses character A, who is part of a real or fantasy or coded minority, of doing something bad and everyone's like "That's just your prejudice against [real or fantasy minority]!" and it turns out character A actually did do that bad thing and everyone else was stupid for not believing they did that bad thing.
#skimmed a fanfic with B'Elanna in it (Skimmed bc I knew this might happen)....BIG MISTAKE#Ex: 'You just think I stole something because I'm a ferengi!' and they did steal something. Because they're a ferengi.#And you were stupid to think they didn't because of COURSE they did because they're a Ferengi#People seriously write B'Elanna as just hysterically violent and mad all the time 'because she's a klingon' and I haaaate it#you haveto think about the implications you HAVE to you HAVE to#male characters and white characters are given so much interiority and reasoning behind their actions in fanon pleeeaaaseee#it's so obvious to see (not talking about a specific fic) that people even when writing female characters and/or characters of color don't#actually see them as full or interesting people and it's sad dude it's sad to see a little paper cut out caricature of a character you love#B'Elanna in any fic: I'm mad. / Tuvok in any fic: I'm Vulcan. / Harry in any fic: I'm nice. / Chakotay in any fic: I love Janeway.#honestly if Seven wasn't in voyager people wouldn't even pretend to care about the show bc it's SO obvious they only REALLY care about the#white characters#'I watch Voyager for Seven! I skip the early seasons bc Seven's not there! My favorite characters on Voyager are Seven and Tom and Janeway'#HEY~! You and the writers both buddy!!!#'All of these characters of color don't interest me and are so annoying and one dimensional' Hey~!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEY~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#aaagh that turned into such a rant sorryyy
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You have the astounding ability to make me consider liking things that I previously did not. Cable and Wade. Shiklah and Wade. Johnny and Peter. I’m a stubborn Spideypool obsessor, I’m sure I’ve mentioned, so pat yourself on the head for being SUCH a stan that you’ve broken through my OTP walls and gotten me to glance at other ways for Wade and Peter to he happy and loved.
i think if you truly love a character then you want them to get some no matter where it comes from
#i think it kind of really reduces a character if you're limiting them to One relationship solely!#a person is the result of every interaction and every relationship they've had. that's how you get a fleshed out human.#i think that's why i like to explore all of wade and peter's past relationships and stuff. it informs who they are.#it informs why they have all their baggage and their short-comings and it's just fun and interesting!#i think it's very easy for spideypool to become very flat and one-dimensional if you're focusing squarely on them#and there's no outside factors or additional lore giving them depth beyond. i don't know. sexy vigilantes.#like yeah it's hot. and that's fine. but it's kind of not why i'm here and why i'm so invested in them.#it is nice to see a hot drawing of them kissing on a rooftop yes. but i don't know. it doesn't tickle my pickle anymore.#i'm so much more interested in hearing them talk about their history and their relationships#and getting a better understanding of each other as a result. that's so freaking sexy to me. that's tickling my pickle.#sci speaks
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> Someone remind me to elaborate on how I want to characterize Kirby later
:) ? I'm curious now
Like I said on the post that prompted this, he's a nice silly boy who's also the strongest being in the known universe. He's pretty emotionally mature for his age and always wants to help people out. Kirby radiates positivity to everyone around him. He's the kind of person that makes a really great friend.
He loves simple pleasurable things, like eating and sleeping and playing. When he's not saving the world, he's out somewhere enjoying himself, probably with a buddy.
His life isn't perfect. He's unsure of himself and doubts if he deserves everything he's got. He feels guilty for not always being able to save everyone, regardless if that's even possible. He loses his patience sometimes, most often with people like Marx or Magolor who like to push his buttons. He struggles with identifying and dealing with his feelings, especially negative ones.
When he feels bad, though, his friends have his back. They care about him a lot, especially his closest friends like Bandana Waddle Dee and Gooey.
#kirby series#kirby#hope this is coherent#i really appreciate it when people (*cough* like kaissauce) really flesh out his personality and give him problems to worry about#so often i see him characterized as like. this stupid baby who has to be taken care of by our REAL protagonists: MK and DDD#stop sidelining the main character. do something interesting with him. learn to write children well. im begging.#every character deserves to be complicated and three dimensional. im sick of characters like kirby and gooey being reduced to-#-one dimensional babies in favor of focusing on like shipping or whatever.#ok done ranting in the tags of this two week old ask.#sorry again for the late reply. gotta wait until i'm motivated to write and feeling confident enough to share to answer these.
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I feel like I liked yakuza 5 a lot more than most people for some reason
#like a lot of people seem to not like it or think it’s mid#idk man but it was one of the games I enjoyed most and I really liked the range of characters you get to play#love me a murder mystery too#idk I think people seem to not like how disjointed the plot is at first and trying to keep up with everyone’s seperate plot and characters#and etc. but I personally really liked how it was all disjointed and the further you get into the game / the more characters you play the#more shit starts coming together and forming a full picture#like don’t get me wrong it’s not perfect and I do have qualms with some. choices. (mostly having to do with majima and#mirei) but overall it’s one of the games I’ve enjoyed the most and that’s kept me interested in the plot the most#fantastic to get a more in-depth look at haruka and to get to really know her by playing her and seeing how she interacts with people and#choices she makes and etc. I don’t think she was a fully fleshed out character prior to that#loved her with all my heart already don’t get me wrong but she just didn’t have much time on screen especially as a teenager to fully get#her personality across and some of the issues she deals with (mommy issues. abandonment issues#etc).#and her and uncle akiyama are a very nice unexpected duo!!!#the different settings were fun too. overall I think the whole thing just felt like more of a streamlined story in a way with drastically#different viewpoints depending on the character#also shinada’s a gift. bless him#daigo feels three dimensional and emotionally present in a way I didn’t see much in other games- even when he’s literally a boss in 4. tbh#the only other time I think he feels really solid as a character is in fuckin dead souls. I think it’s cause it’s SO rare to see daigo in#non-serious situations or vulnerable with people on purpose. dead souls has the first thing and y5 has a bit of both#and I could complain more about how y6 SHOULD have made daigo more present instead of sending him to fuckin jail the whole time but. I do#get that that was kind of important to the plot. I mean to have that power vacuum. don’t think all three of them should’ve been put in jail#but I digress. anyway I got off topic point is I enjoyed yakuza 5 it is very unique in my opinion#y5#rambling#ALL THESE TAGS AND I FORGOT TO MENTION KIRYU BEING ANGSTY AND GAY AS HELL. THE BEST PART OF YAKUZA 5
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Honestly, for me, one of the more ... uninspired and a little bit grating takes on problématique characters with sad backstories is: "well this other character experienced this and worse and they're not out there killing people!"
i mean, good for them, but I don't think we need a "best practice" approach to trauma
#'hero and villain experienced similar horrors but are mirror versions of each other and act differently' is a good trope for a reason#not to mention that the 'good victim' narrative can also be alienating and harmful#e.g. the case of one very famous book which basically boils down to:#'yes child abuse bad but look how wonderfully humble and kind Main Character is! Now let's never deeply engage with that again!'#and just to get this out of the way with: Obviously a character doesn't have to malicious or destructive traits#to be complex and interesting in regards to the way their backstory is incorporated into their character#there are a lot of really kind and moral characters who are allowed to be complex and strong and good in a way that reflects their past pai#but that's just the point: There is a difference between THAT and a character where the writer doesn't give a damn about them#and doesn't give them space to be complex (or puts them through the ringer but somehow it doesn't affect them)#and then it's looking pointing at a cardboard cut-out and saying: 'well HE doesn't act that way' yeah bc he's 2 dimensional
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If you played the Pokemon DLC, what's your opinion on Kieran and Carmine :0
Absolutely love the both of them, kind of wild how my opinions swapped between them
At first I loved Kieran and really disliked Carmine but by the end of the teal mask I thought Kieran was becoming a little bitch (affectionate + positive) and I absolutely loved Carmine
Still do, I'd say Carmine is probably my favourite to come from scarvio, below Arven but above Drayton
#off the topic of kieran and carmine but on the topic of characters;#i dont know if its just because its been well over a year since i completed the base game story but#i kind of feel like penny nemona and arven got really flanderised in mochi mayhem?#i dont know if im alone in thinking this but i dont think i remember them being so one dimensional#going from characters with interesting stories to Nemona wants battle! Arven clingy! Penny is a fucking geek!!!!!!#penny probably annoyed me the most tbh mochi mayhem was weird for me but otherwise i liked everything a lot#sorry about this tangent its just bugged me so much#of course these traits were always a bit strong in them. nemona especially. but i really dont remember them being this bad
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Like. Once again, I of ALL people understand what it's like to imprint on/relate to/be drawn to/care most about unpalatable or destructive or vicious characters who Aren't Good People, but, you know. I do have to ask why, for so many people, this NEVER seems to happen when those characters are women.
#like. why is it only the men like this you find interesting or emotionally resonant. why does your fondness for this concept go away#when the character who exemplifies these things is a woman#and I'm not talking about 'oh people hate one or two of my faves' IT HAPPENS /EVERY/ TIME!!!!#EVERY FEMALE CHARACTER LIKE THIS GETS SHAFTED#mel screams about fictional ladies again#that whole 'you all say you want morally grey women but you can't even handle [x]' thing is a meme for a reason!!!#because most of the time you take GENUINELY MORALLY GREY FEMALE CHARACTERS and talk about how they're one-dimensionally#SUPER COMPLETE EVIL#and then you ALSO lump female characters who mean well and ARE good people who mess up sometimes like a real human being#in with this group too. like it really is about idealizing some theoretical idea of what you think a female character '''should''' be and#then going 'mmmmm but not like that' EVERY time you get something that matches up with what you claim to be asking for#BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER GOOD ENOUGH FOR THESE PEOPLE!!! THE WOMEN ARE NEVER GOOD ENOUGH TO MATTER IN THEIR OWN STORIES!!!!!!!#AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH#I know I talk about this every goddamn day but I am BEYOND apologizing#fandom misogyny
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Thinking more about umbraclaw and while there’s stuff to critique from the gameplay side I think probably the biggest flaw of it is like everything to do with the writing, and I don’t mean just plot.
It’s one of those things where it’s like- The basic narrative of the story is got across well regardless of what ending you get-yes I did look it there being multiple endings lol-and it’s the first entry of a series so the story not being the best can be forgiven but it’s a shame NOTHING is super fleshed out. Not just the soul plane but the characters don’t get much at all, they kinda just exist as set pieces to move the narrative forward. Kuon, the mc oddly never talks that the characters always acknowledge it so she’s basically a blank slate and I’m unsure if it’s because we’re meant to project onto her/interpret her whoever we please or if it’s just to reflect she’s not like the others and she’s a normal animal.
We also don’t get to know enough about her owner that it’s actually hard to care about her other then “well she seems nice ig” since you can’t say you want to care about Kuon because she’s blank unless you really put yourself in her shoes or your own pet into her place ig. And don’t even get me on how LOCKE is so weirdly interrogated into the plot and clearly has more to him yet is left off being so vague, like we get teased he’s like you but never are directly shown or hinted at that. He’s just there as a rival but he’s not at ALL fleshed out enough or placed right into the plot even if he’s spared at the end which doesn’t amount to anything, he’s just there yet again to be a set piece that’s just a bit different from the others. (And also how he hints at a deeper theme of losing control of yourself in terms make you forget who you are but it’s not explored ENOUGH even if he’s there to reinforce it it only comes up in one ending)
Like this story doesn’t make me super angry to hate the game as I’m still gonna do another ending and overall playing it is a really interesting experience I won’t get from anything else, but maaan if we get a sequel I hope the plot is reworked significantly cause it sucks how it’s “not a bad story but also a story with no substance”.
Its something that’s satisfying only because it’s a what you see is what you get thing but doesn’t have anything deeper to really pick at.
#meg text#umbraclaw#i hate making a negative post cause I’ve been down in the dumps on my stupid trip-it’s ending soon tho-and this game held me together#but it’s undeniable that the characters in the story were not a priority and it’s painful to see#I’ve seen things with characters with little to no depth and stories don't NECESSARILY need characters to work#but on the opposite side every story will benefit greatly from having characters be more fleshed out#like every character in this game has a personality but it’s so one dimensional because we lack certain things#which is why the dialogue being so odd at times is off putting cause it doesn’t give them more depth it just feels quirky and kills the moo#need a reminder everyone of the boss that saids OWO I’m not over that#mainly my character driven soul is hurt by this cause I know someone else could not give a fuck about this but I still think it’s a flaw#It doesn’t turn me down for recommending this game if people are interested though since I know a eh story doesn’t ruin things for people#but to not name a certain series I know a group of inti fans if they don’t already know would probably hate this game for this reason#I just really hope if this game gets a sequel in a few years they actually develop things more#let Locke come back as a playable character and let Kuon fucking talk pleaaaaase
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2024 reads / storygraph
The Queens of Innis Lear
slow-moving political fantasy, retelling of the shakespeare tragedy king lear
set in a dying island kingdom, where the prophesy-obsessed king (having neglected the wild magic of the land) must pass on the crown to his three daughters
the elder two hate their father and have been planning their rule for years, and the youngest loves her father and does not want the crown- but does care for the magic of the land
but when the king makes an unforeseen decision, and other kingdoms and spies circle, vying for land and power of their own
earth magic, fate and duty, complicated sister relationships
#The Queens of Innis Lear#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I thought this was pretty decent. It’s very long though. by the end i was starting to feel the length of it lmao#I don’t really have any familiarity with the original play so I was more approaching it just as any other fantasy book.#It definitely did feel very shakespearean in the plot and how the characters acted though!#I thought the love-and-hate relationship between the sisters was really interesting!#I liked ban in the beginning but by the end he was so annoying. Elia too a bit. didn’t really care about whatever was going on between them#I liked Aefa (the fool’s daughter….also just the inclusion of fools in medieval-esque fantasy)#I did pick this up because I’d heard there was an aroace character. She is one of the 7 or so POV characters#Definitely one of the most interesting characters to me; definitely also plays into some stereotypes.#(cold; brutal; a ‘heart of iron’ - there are other reasons for this; and she’s certainly not a one-dimensional character#(also. i want this kind of aroace character sometimes) but still something to note.#Like I did really like her but also wouldn't necessarily rec people read this for the aroace character (partly just bc of the large cast)#That plus with the fact that she’s described as the darkest skinned (often in tandem with those other descriptors; being brutal; masculine)#is.....hm. a bit uneasy#I’m not sure how well the story handled the Black characters in general tbh but i can’t really make a judgement on that i guess#(I’m hesitant to read books by white authors with Black/biracial MCs regardless; wasn’t aware of this before I started it)#there are couple other bi characters but it’s not SUPER queer otherwise.
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i havent seen a single person on my dash talk abt starfield. we're all in baldurs gate hell
#i honestly have lost all interest in buying starfield#currently#ill buy it eventually but i need to see a really good in depth review#how can i go back to unlovable one dimensional characters??#croaks
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I’m sorry I have to speak my truth lmao it’s a little bit hilarious that kingpin is stylistically offered such flourish and creativity, when writing wise he’s so fucking generic.
#another day ANOTHER POST OF ME BEING ANNOYED FUCKINGGGGG KINGPIN IS GIVEN ROOM TO BE A THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER AND AARON GETS SUBTEXT#AND THE CHOICE BETWEEN NEBULOUS VILLAINY AND FAMILY HE LOVES#LIKE IM SORRY BUT EVEN W HALF THE EXPLORATION AARON IS MORE THAN TWICE AS INTERESTING AND YET WE HAVE LIKE. THREE SADMAN KINGPIN MOMENTS#IM SORRY SPIDERVERSE THIS IS THE ONE AREA I THINK WASNT THAT. INTERESTING. GIVEN HOW FRESH AND REVITALISED EVERYTHING ELSE FEELS#LIKE. COULD WE GET JUST A SMIDGE MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT LED AARON HERE? SO WE KNOW WHAT HE GIVES UP FOR MILES?#LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE MILES I *LOVE* THAT ITS MILES BUT ITS LIKE#DEVOID OF TENSION BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY DEVELOPED THE DIMENSION OF AARON IN REGARDS TO HIS FAMILY#LIKE DID HE GET IN TOO DEEP WAS THIS A SECURITY THING HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN HAPPENING WHERE THE PROWLER DOESNT BLINK AT BEING ASKED TO KILL#A CHILD#AGH#tunes talks critical#tunes talks spiderverse#I don’t even dislike kingpin lmao (I don’t rlly think anything of him beyond the fact I’m glad miles kicks his ass) I just think it’s almost#a bit of a waste that stylistically he’s interesting and fun to look at and watch be animated but writing wise he’s so generic#he provides nothing new to the trope motivation he’s embodying#the story his actions set into motion is interesting. the actual character is like. just stylistically interesting execution of a trope that#is just not that emotionally compelling for me. esp when nothing really NEW is being done w it
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I don't get what's so hard to understand about "Don't talk about Nancy or Steve or NancySteve you don't have the proper clearance" like how many times must I say it!!!
#I am so sick of these bad takes#why do you have to hate on one to justify loving the other???#They're both great!!!#Season 4 did Steve so dirty I know you guys think we Steve fans were being serviced NO#NO WE WERE NOT#If I hear one more mention of the Chicken Nuggets I am going to KMS#Like yes it's ugh#but also like it's not as simple or one dimensional of a story as you guys think#but also it's soooo stupid#and I think that Steve really did let go of Nancy back in season 2#that was supposed to be it#like there was no hint of steve getting back with nancy or anything it was final the shooting the acting the script#everything sounded like it was closing the doors on that arc#and haters are saying that they brought Stancy back because they had nothing interesting going on with Steve's character#???#ARE YOU GOOD#How about deal with how he avoids all his trauma or how he got TORTURED???#You can go on more about his life in highschool post season 1 and season 2#yes Steve did become more popular over the years but that's for a reason#and fucking steve fans I have so much to say to you too#STFU#Like stop hating on other characters or bringing in steve everywhere bro stfu#like idk my community of steve fans are chill and hot and have the best takes but some of the ones I've seen#like get a hold of yourselves#I have nothing to say to Nancy haters they're just ugly#Sorry guys I was feeling hateful#Will probably post a screenshot of all this bc these tags are salacious#rem does stuff and panics#stranger things#steve harrington
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well. finished yakuza 5.
#not gonna go into all my thoughts right now because it’s A LOT but#the ending was pretty good overall like I got my little complaints here and there but overall I was pretty satisfied#the choice of final boss (for kiryu) was narratively pretty half assed but. I’ll let it slide because that fight was fun#i feel like shinada deserved more closure in the baseball realm of things#and I feel like majima should’ve had at least ONE conversation with katsuya at the end#I would’ve liked to see kiryu reunite with him as well but. you know#majima and saejima’s conclusion was also pretty open ended and not clear but yeah. idk just a lot of threads#that don’t feel like theyre tied yet#but despite how it sounds the story of 5 i overall liked quite a bit#it’s interesting that my friend really doesn’t like that there isn’t a singular Big Bad Villain that’s known from the start more or less#like in most games but I kinda feel the exact opposite in that I like the mystery and finding out who’s pulling the strings and all that#a lot of the characters in this game in general are very strong despite some being totally newly introduced#like I liked katsuya and watase and madarame and I’m forgetting his name but shinada’s loan shark#I liked aizawa alot up until the end where they pulled what they pulled and now I’m conflicted cause that was. weird. but yeah#OH and baba of course#idk alot of supporting characters felt really 3 dimensional to me#shinada’s great and very lovable and I’m very sad he doesn’t come back in 6 or anything m#I liked haruka’s ending generally too because she basically did exactly what I was hoping for#which is realizing her own dream and all that and not just doing the whole idol thing just to live out mirei’s ideal life#haruka finally getting to make her OWN choice that kiryu or mirei or anyone can’t interfere with#that was good that was very good#rambling#y5
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I’m really sad about it but I really am not looking forward to the next Dragon Age game. All of the press and statements that have been released just feel like it’s gonna be a let down in one way or another. I understand that the company and devs want to draw in a wider audience and get more people interested in the series, but the statement of ‘you won’t need to play the first games to play this one’ really concerns me. As well as them saying the Inquisitor won’t be a huge factor nor will your (possible) romance with Solas? A huge part of why I personally was looking forward to this game was that tie in. That ending of will it be a bitter end truly or will there be a chance for some sort of happiness? I felt before the announcements a bigger sense of need to not mess up my choices. Now I just feel like it’s going to be a horrid let down and something that ties in poorly with not so great character development. I’m hoping I’m wrong but man, it really is looking like this isn’t going to be a game for the older fans.
#i know that each game we had a different protagonist#but i didn't have the opportunity to feel this heavy of a possible let down going from origins to 2#origins wraps up the warden's story pretty decently#same thing with 2#hawke coming back as well in inquisitor was a nice tie in and made returning players feel like their past choices and love interests#were honored and not forgotten and had impact#well now anyone who romanced solas just has to sit there#twiddling there thumbs and then hoping that his character isn't reduced to one dimensional choices#like why give us all that one on one stuff and all those dialogue choices in trespasser?#what's the point if you're going to erase their relationship and make it not a huge impact in solas#dragon age#dragon age dreadwolf#evie babbles.#you're welcome to disagree and i really do hope i'm wrong#but this just feels so dismissive of returning fans#it's not even a rough game to jump in at the end either#you already didn't need to play origins to enjoy da2 or inquisition#plenty of fans went backwards#why erase major choices from the latest game#why give us that option if that was the plan
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playing through scarlet and the dlcs again cause i have Thoughts on the story and i wanna maybe write "my version" of it. but that also means i gotta go through the teal mask and blueberry academy stuff again to get to the good stuff (area zero)
#gwyn tinvaak#carmine and kieran are just so uninteresting and annoying to me#the teal mask stuff is so unnecessarily complicated and bad#the only good thing is ogrepon cause she is the best girl#but like you got the stereotypical mean older sister who is one-dimensional and unpleasant in a boring way#and then you got the awkward younger brother whos mental state is a tennis match#and then their dynamic like flips for a bit where carmine is being bullied and kieran is the bully#which is just odd and not well handled at all#and then top it off with the briar stuff later#and who could have been a really interesting antagonist is revealed to just be incredibly incompetent#the dlcs honestly feel like the main character is just babysitting a bunch of toddlers#the actual locations and stuff are awesome blueberry academy was so cool and actually a challenge#but the characters were so uninteresting compared to the main game#idk i just couldnt bring myself to care for them the way i did the original trio#pokemon
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Adult contemporary novel
Follows a group of characters in 2019 London over the course of one weekend during a heatwave
Maggie (pregnant artist preparing to move home to raise a baby), Ed (Maggie's boyfriend, grappling with his sexuality and past relationship with Maggie's childhood friend), Phil (Maggie's childhood friend who spends his weekend partying and trying to figure out the budding relationship with his roommate, Keith), Rosaleen (Phil's mother struggling to tell her son about her cancer diagnosis) and others in their social circle
Explores the financial and emotional turmoil of Londoners and their families back home
Includes a fair number of queer characters among the cast
Read as an ARC
#i really really liked this!#there's definitely a lot of characters to keep track of#but i found the characters very three-dimensional and interesting and distinct#the effect is both a snapshot of this one weekend and a tapestry of all their interwoven lives which i enjoyed#i really liked rosaleen's perspective especially#multifaceted setting which i liked#overall enjoyed!#evenings and weekends#oisín mckenna#books#2024 reads#lulu speaks#lulu reads
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