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quote 2018-04-19 16:33

"Because every second I stayed with them was another chance for them to discover that skip tracers and PSFs weren't the real monsters of the world. No. One of the real ones was sitting in their backseat" (Bracken 150).

As I read deeper into the book The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken for my project, the more I love it. She is such an amazing author and describes her characters so well. I feel as though I know each of them individually. The quote above is from Ruby, (one of her thoughts). She is convinced that she can't stay with the small group of kids she has found a home with, as she thinks they will hate her when they realize what she is. An Orange. She believes herself (and her power to see into peoples minds) to be a monster, worse then the people trying to put them into concentration camps or hunting them for a reward. With this quote, we can see how deeply these thoughts akin to self hatred really run. The way Bracken has Ruby call herself one of the "real monsters of the world" is such a great to show how camp Thurmond influenced her and her own thoughts about her powers. It is truly a magnificent quote by the author to show us what Ruby thinks of herself.

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quote 2017-05-17 10:57

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(...) Powinnam była się zorientować, że człowiek, który w taki sposób potraktował pierwszą żonę, nie zmieni się tylko dlatego, że teraz chodzi o mnie. Boże, jakie kobiety potrafią być głupie. Mamy przed nosem wszystkie możliwe dowody, ale durna próżność każe nam wierzyć, że my jesteśmy inne, że jesteśmy Tą Jedyną. Feministki twierdzą, że oczekiwania kobiet są wypaczone przez powieści romantyczne, ale, moim zdaniem, chodzi o coś znacznie gorszego. Myślę, że te książki jedynie odzwierciedlają zgubny gen autodestrukcji, który już w nas siedzi.

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quote 2017-05-15 12:52

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(...) Kobiety tresowane są do wzajemnej rywalizacji. Kiedy się wreszcie nauczymy, że to nas wyniszcza?

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quote 2016-05-04 18:18

Bookloving author and publisher

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

~ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, written by J.K. Rowling

Source: wordpress.com/read/feeds/46642910/posts/1016346934

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review 2014-07-14 16:30

Mischievous Books

“We are what we are, Niall, neither as good or as evil as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.”

Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely) - Melissa Marr

I choose to do a review of the entire Wicked Lovely series under INK because it is my favourite. I am obsessed with this book, its world, its prose, and its characters. Characters that come alive on the page and make you want to know them at a personal level. I am going to try and be as unspoily as possible because I want someone to read this and enjoy every twist and turn, every tear, every laughter as much as I did. What I loved about these books is the characters, as a writer myself I am very character driven, and Melissa delivers some of the most real and amazing characters i have ever read. They are not one dimensional, good or evil, they all have flaws and fears. A character who is the hero in one book could be the villain in another. No one is black and white which even in a fantastical world about faeries makes it believable.

The series in its entirety is:

Wicked Lovely

Ink Exchange

Fragile Eternity

Radiant Shadows

Darkest Mercy

The Desert Tales Manga and Novel

and many short stories in the Anthology Faerie tales and Nightmares

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