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The God of Endings
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Well, it's a book. It's well written and yet it's overly long and a bit boring. Mind you, I am the most boring person you could ever meet. I am the opposite of fun. Like I collect old cookbooks for fun, fun. Yet I was still bored. BUT I didn't quit so it could not have been that bad. Was I really that bored? I was. But I think it was the narrator that made me stay. She's good.
Collette did not make the best choices. Why didn't she ask a certain person IMPORTANT questions when she had the chance? Why cats? Why not rabbits? They would multiply quickly. What was the reason for the intense hunger? Why keep such a lonely existence? Why kids and not older adults? Why no friends? All questions I don't know the answer to. I liked the idea of her preschool (even if it was a super weird place. I would not leave my kid there).
I liked it better than The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. HOWEVER, I'm about sick of these depressed immortal girl stories. Girl, you have the time! Get your life together!!! Learn more, travel, invent, go to therapy, build, help the homeless, get rich, go to therapy!, teach poor people art, help a struggling museum... BE! Just be! Probably have no friends because of her 200 years of woe is me.
Stop whining about food. How's about you get a farm, raise some goats? Boom, I just solved your food problem! You are welcome.
I'd love to read a book about an immortal that's just full of fun, globetrotting, volunteering, and personal wins. Why do they decide to live in such depressing places?? What's that you say? War is-a-coming? Time to go to New Zealand (beautiful this time of year) or Switzerland (I guess??)! Is it France that does all these vampires in? Why do they keep going to France?! Warning, if you find yourself to be a vampire, stay away from France! Why not live on the beach? What's that story about the depressed and starving immortal vampire living on the British Virgin Islands? Oh, wait, there isn't one! But you better believe that that depressed immortal has been to France!
I think I am on to something. Immortal with a goat farm on the beach??! Endless food, endless sun. Guys?? I think I just solved starving immortal vampire depression. I totally just did.
(I know depression is serious and can't be cured by just changing location. Vampires aren't real either. But the beach is nice, you have to admit that).
Collette did not make the best choices. Why didn't she ask a certain person IMPORTANT questions when she had the chance? Why cats? Why not rabbits? They would multiply quickly. What was the reason for the intense hunger? Why keep such a lonely existence? Why kids and not older adults? Why no friends? All questions I don't know the answer to. I liked the idea of her preschool (even if it was a super weird place. I would not leave my kid there).
I liked it better than The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. HOWEVER, I'm about sick of these depressed immortal girl stories. Girl, you have the time! Get your life together!!! Learn more, travel, invent, go to therapy, build, help the homeless, get rich, go to therapy!, teach poor people art, help a struggling museum... BE! Just be! Probably have no friends because of her 200 years of woe is me.
Stop whining about food. How's about you get a farm, raise some goats? Boom, I just solved your food problem! You are welcome.
I'd love to read a book about an immortal that's just full of fun, globetrotting, volunteering, and personal wins. Why do they decide to live in such depressing places?? What's that you say? War is-a-coming? Time to go to New Zealand (beautiful this time of year) or Switzerland (I guess??)! Is it France that does all these vampires in? Why do they keep going to France?! Warning, if you find yourself to be a vampire, stay away from France! Why not live on the beach? What's that story about the depressed and starving immortal vampire living on the British Virgin Islands? Oh, wait, there isn't one! But you better believe that that depressed immortal has been to France!
I think I am on to something. Immortal with a goat farm on the beach??! Endless food, endless sun. Guys?? I think I just solved starving immortal vampire depression. I totally just did.
(I know depression is serious and can't be cured by just changing location. Vampires aren't real either. But the beach is nice, you have to admit that).
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Lol, did you finish it?
😂 this is the best review so far as Kiara above has also pointed out... I’m constantly asking myself the same questions, like, “you’ve been alive nearly two hundred years and you STILL haven’t figured out the answers to these seemingly very simple problems?! Especially when you have special vampire abilities like super strength and speed?! Wtf.” I’m about 55% in and I’m one of those very odd people who refuses to DNF a book. Otherwise I’m pretty sure I would have stopped this one a hundred pages or so ago.
Oh Megan, I drop books all the time! Set yourself free!Yeah I don't get these vampires. Sometimes I get the feeling that they just want to be sad. Am I supposed to feel bad about your 200 years of wrinkle free existence? They need to stop focusing on the negative and figure out how they can be better. LOL. Like you said, they have the time to figure it out. With that speed and strength, they could volunteer for places like Habitat for Humanity and get some perspective.
We could coauthor a vampire book. It could be something like: My name is [French name] and I am a vampire. I have been alive for 300 years. (then the rest of the 500 pages will be the word siggggggh).
Instant hit.
OMG... Your review made me laugh out loud. I liked this a bit more than you (I'm a sucker for beautiful language), but you brought up many (excellent, and agree-upon) points -- and solved so many dilemmas in your review!
This review is everything. 10/10 would recommend your book, TacoFan. P.S. Tacos are life
Thanks! Glad you were still able to enjoy the book! It's been a while and I'm still annoyed, though happily lol!
Kristen, we should get shirts made because, yes, tacos. I'll get started on the book and the shirt just as soon as Collette gets her life together.
Your review made me laugh. Also, kinda agree. If I was an undead supernatural being, the absolute LAST thing I would do is hang out with toddlers all day. Plus the whole "waaa i am not complete because I don't have a crotch goblin" narrative is silly. It's 2023. Let's just all admit that females can live fulfilled lives without kids, especially if their lives are 200 plus years!
This is a wonderful review! I agree-- it would be interesting to read a story where immortality wasn't the worst, most depressing thing ever. Maybe it could show how good life could be?
My thoughts exactly. I ended up getting so bored I DNFed by 43% in. I just couldn’t do anymore. And I try so hard to not DNF books. I just lost interest.
Yeah it's pretty depressing the whole way through
I love your review. But I think a book about a happy immortal just vibing on good times would be even more boring and, also, annoying AF! But maybe that’s just me.
I’m ALMOST done with this long boring book and was trying to find a review to keep me from not finishing it.