![]() ![]() Hurt, and was developing this really toxic relationship with her friend.Įven though the manipulation was pretty clear to me, I can with certainty tell Lyu did just a phenomenal job of showing how Remy felt dependent on Elise, felt guilty if Elise got This was honestly the highlight of this story, and although there’sĪ little romance, Elise & Remy’s friendship is 100% the main focus of the ![]() (Also, please check out the content warnings in the summary at the bottom because there are some more mature themes in here!) Obviously, I wouldn’t be raving about this without the amazing portrayal of a toxic friendship. So severely underhyped it breaks my heart. There were so many things Lyu did well with this novel, and it’s Was like having your eyes glued to a trainwreck and not being able to doĪnything. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when reading this, butĪs in, I was completely engrossed in the toxic friendship Thriller with an alternating timeline and strong storyline of growth. ![]() Portrayal of abuse and toxic friendship, Sarah Lyu’s debut The Best Lies is a psychological ![]()
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![]() ![]() Like many such volumes the collection suffers from variation, not in quality so much as relevance. Her latest book is Everywhere I Look, an assemblage of essays, reviews and diary entries, some of which go back decades. The circumstances behind her learning of the award (the email had gone to a junk folder and she had initially suspected a scam) set off a flurry of clickbait-style headlines (“Woman accidentally discovers she won $150,000 by checking her junk email” went one), but the anecdote is actually in keeping with the character of her work: a genuine literary achievement pickled in a brine of intense self-reflection and self-doubt. ![]() Earlier this month Garner became a beneficiary of the Windham-Campbell literary prize for her non-fiction work. ![]() ![]() Faustus’s bargain with the devil, his ambitious rise and terrifying fall, encapsulate and typify the dilemma of the modem tragic hero. Like Oedipus, Faustus, who exchanges damnation for knowledge and power, has become a resonating tragic archetype, epitomizing the doomed but daring overreacher whose rebellion and defeat enact a struggle for transcendence against the gravitational pull of the human condition. Bartlett Giamatti, “Marlowe: The Arts of Illusion”Ĭhristopher Marlowe in Doctor Faustus, one of the earliest and the most famous non-Shakespearean Elizabethan tragedies, manages not only to bridge the gap between the medieval morality plays and the secular, classically influenced dramas of the Renaissance but to produce one of the core myths of Western civilization. ![]() ![]() Else, like his hero, we will be deformed by the servant we abuse. Marlowe is a magus too, all poets are, but one who tells us in this play to use that awesome power of words to fashion ourselves in God’s image. He knows too much about the shaping power of words to be a Faustus. ![]() More than any other play, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus celebrates that God-like power of language, and shows us how words can soar, and tempts us to dizzying heights within our heads. Analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus ![]() ![]() ![]() As Sydelle discovers more about North’s past and her own strange abilities, she realizes that the fate of the kingdom may rest in her fingertips. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle and North race against the clock to deliver their message, they must contend with unusually wild weather and a dark wizard who will do anything to stop them. North needs a navigator who can mend his magical cloaks, and Sydelle is perfect for the job. He’s got a shocking secret that could stop a war between kingdoms–if he can reach the capital with the news in time. Sydelle helps a wizard to stop an imminent war between her country and a neighboring kingdom, in the process falling in love with the wizard and discovering. But that all changes when a mysterious young wizard named Wayland North appears and asks for Sydelle’s help. ![]() Extraordinary things just don’t happen to fourteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabil, a talented weaver who dreams about life outside of her tiny village. ![]() From #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Bracken comes a magical graphic novel about discovering your own power, perfect for fans of the Amulet series and Howl’s Moving Castle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I seriously have read this book twice already and I'm going in for a third time now. Claimed by Her Web Master is the final book in the Web Master Trilogy and should be read following Her Web Master and Tested by Her Web Master. Praise for the Web Master Trilogy:“Author Normandie Alleman uses the power of the internet in HER WEB MASTER…unlike any BDSM story I’ve read.” ~TOP PICK from The Romance Reviews“Epic roller coaster love story.” ~Falling in Fall Book Blog“Our Dom is one incredibly HOT SEXY ALPHA MALE! Holy Smokes this man has become my favorite book boyfriend of all time. I always tell her for every ounce of pleasure a price must be paid. She’s already paid more than she ever owed. I may be a sick bastard, but I would lay down my life for her. And I’ll do whatever it takes to make every inch of her mine again. ![]() I tried to protect her. Hell, I tried to protect myself, but I fucked it all up. When bad boy Dom Quentin finds out about his secret baby in this final installment of the erotic romance Web Master Trilogy, he'll do everything in his power to re-claim his submissive and bring their family together. She's my addiction, my love-my life. She's changed me, and I never want to go back. ![]() |