He pieces words together and creates a hauntingly peculiar mosaic that makes readers feel as if they just walked in on something too raw, intimate, and real to accept as the truth. In The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides accomplishes just that. Words have the magical ability to capture what lies beyond our limited perception of the world. Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides (1993) I recommend it to every aspiring know-it-all and to people who need a bit of a cheer up.
Especially in times like these, we tend to forget the magnificent achievements of humanity amidst all our faults. In 45 short essays, Green gave me a feeling of “Hey, maybe this whole humanity thing wasn’t just bad”. Green rates each topic on a scale from one to five stars. He does not forget man-made catastrophes. He explores our short time on this planet, our achievements, our quirks, faults, and creativity. Green manages to show a connection between all his topics, namely: humans. But it presents far more than just a collection of ‘fun’ detail. How are teddy bears a symbol of our power and why are Canada geese not that different from us?Ī colorful mix of interesting facts, John Green’s first work of nonfiction covers a broad variety of seemingly unrelated topics: Haley’s Comet, Diet Dr Peppers, Velociraptors, CNN – just to name a few. John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed (2021) student, English Linguistics & English and American Literary and Cultural Studies. You might even be surprised to find pieces of yourself in its multi-faceted characters. This novel is a wonderful can’t-put-it-down read. Rum explores religion, culture, gender and nationality with astonishing artistry, all while engaging the reader in a heart-wrenching and gripping story.
This debut novel of Palestinian-American author Etaf Rum tells the stories of two women struggling to find their own voices in the diaspora they live in. But instead of doing what is expected of her, she sets out to find the author of a mysterious letter uncovering her family’s deepest secrets.
18 years later, Deya finds herself forced to follow in her mother’s footsteps. When Isra’s child Deya is ‘unfortunately’ born a girl, things take a turn for the worse. Instead, she finds herself in a tiny dark flat, obliged to obey her mother-in-law and abusive husband. Morenatsu only makes it because they have sucking/sex sounds included.Įdit: There might be more Yaoi/BL games, as I seek out more Bara games.As the young Palestinian Isra enters an arranged marriage and moves to Brooklyn, she hopes for a better life. Of those, Lagoon Lounge, Extraculicular Activities, Maison de M, and Morenatsu are the most NSFW. Really nice story and writing though, the game has one of the best of the ones I wrote. It takes ~17 days for Spencer and 20 for Coach. It's like those flash games where you touch to get a guy hard. In both you explore the bodies of Spencer and Coach Grifter. No penetration so far, Gruff has a 69 and jack-off scene.Įxtraculicular Activities has 2 routes with a sex minigame. Kitako has 1, though there's no art for it, he has a nude sprite. I've only romanced Gruff and the first sex scene art made me horny and a bit repulsed.
Sex scenes have ~3-6 pictures that include the cumshots.īlackgate is more 'realistic' in their art choices. Lagoon Lounge has sex scenes with every character at least once a game. Morenatsu you get a few minutes of description and sex sounds, along with 1 picture per sex scene. Maison de M is very raunchy, more so than SHC. See No Evil is more story, but you get the spicy written descriptions and all the demons/MC are nude.