Litsy

Love the concept and story but there is just something that is not keeping me as engaged as I would like. Pacing? Writing style? Just trying to figure it out.

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The Dead Fathers Club | Matt Haig

bailed

I was so excited when I realised this was a retelling of Hamlet (my favourite Shakespeare play). I was very disappointed almost immediately. The main character is 11, but his thought processes seem much younger. He throws around words like “fatso” because he‘s impatient with a bank teller, and his friends are stunningly and disturbingly misogynistic for prepubescent children. He repeats words over and over like a kindergartener.
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GingerAntics The kid who narrates is actually quite good as a voice actor, but even that couldn‘t save this. If I were his parents, I certainly wouldn‘t have been okay with him saying many of the things he said in the first 28% of the book. I literally cannot make myself continue. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo

GingerAntics It‘s disgusting and does a disservice to both Hamlet and Matt Haig‘s reputation. For an author that recently posted that he misses “intelligent masculinity. Not this dumb cage fighting brotocracy,” this is utterly despicable. #MattHaig #TheDeadFathersClub #audiobook 2mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie this author‘s rating just went down with me. I have 2 other books by him, but I don‘t want to read them at the moment. 2mo

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The Dead Fathers Club | Matt Haig

Really excited to take this one for a spin.
#MattHaig #TheDeadFathersClub #audiobook

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

pick

loved all of the philosophy. I loved the way Haig played with the many worlds interpretation. It‘s a little bit (a very little bit) like It‘s a Wonderful Life with the coolest library, but it‘s so much more than that with all the academics. I love the perspective shift from worthlessness to potential. This is almost Sci-fi philosophy, but I love both, so I really enjoyed this book.
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GingerAntics Carey Mulligan was amazing and really brought the whole thing to life. This would be such a great group read book, because it‘s such a conversation starter. I am so glad I decided to read this when I did. 2mo

GingerAntics #MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook 2mo

kspenmoll Do you know I never read this? Now I must!!!! 2mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll totally worth the read! It was so comforting, oddly. 2mo

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