#mollywas

[anothershortplaneride]

Ooh I hope it goes well for you!!

Thank you :) it’s just some part time work to save a bit of money before I move to France. What’s new with you? What you been up to?

[chthonicillness]

your new url is just the best tbh

thank you i am proud of it

[anothershortplaneride]

Ok so blue__bonbons also decided to nominate me for the 15 things that make you happy so mine are:

1. Being outside but underneath shelter when there's a downpour

2. (gonna steal one of yours) When something complicated/difficult clicks for me.

3. Making people laugh

4. My friends

5. Talking to strangers on public transport

6. Dancing like a moron to my favourite music

7. The rare occasions where I feel like I've got my shit together

8. Speaking French and Spanish (and English really)(languages basically haha)

9. When I cook a meal and it's surprisingly good

10. The way me and my bestie say the same things at the same time so often

11. My plans to go back to live in France next year

12. Reading back through old texts 

13. Re-reading my old favourite books

14. My family's personal brand of chaos

15. When my more emotionally reserved friends are so moved they actually say really deep, nice things.

Aaaand I'm gonna nominate, scottytoohotti, mollywas, roserust

[minorsarcasm]

:o YOU'RE SO CUTE I CAN'T DEAL!!!

!!!!!! :DDDD THANK YOU!!!!!! 

[tdtreviews]

NOS4R2 (also NOS4A2) by Joe Hill: A review by Shona Sterland

IN BRIEF:

GOOD:

Amazing plotline, extremely well written

By Stephen King's son, so is a very similar writing style

Not a single dull moment throughout

BAD:

Very long, around 700 pages

Slightly confusing at first

NOS4R2 is the third novel by author Joe Hill, and is definitely the best in my opinion. Hill is the son of Stephen King but published his books under a pseudonym so that people would not buy his novels just because of his background. All of his books are of the horror genre, much like his father, however his ideas are very diverse and differ greatly from Kings. 

The book takes place over several time periods, with the book opening in a hospital in 2008. Charles Talent Manx, known for abducting children with his 1938 Rolls-Royce, briefly wakes out of a coma in order to threaten a nurse that was caring for him. Her co-workers don't believe her claims, saying that he was incapable of waking up or talking. The book then shifts to 1986, where Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers that she can find things by riding her bike through a bridge called the "Shorter Way Bridge", previously thought to have been destroyed. 

Once on the other side, she is always where she needs to be to find whatever it is that she was looking for. The process takes a large toll on Vic mentally and physically, especially as she has to lie about how she finds things. She eventually travels to an Iowa library where she meets Maggie, a librarian that can use Scrabble tiles to find out where to look for missing items or information. The process also takes a large toll on her, causing a severe stutter. She warns Vic against Manx, whom she can only refer to as "the Wraith" due to her being unable to divine his given name. Vic then begins to travel home, but loses her bike in the process and develops a terrible fever, causing her to fall into a deep sleep for a few days. During this time Manx enlists chemical plant worker Bing in order to gain access to a gingerbread flavoured sevoflurane that the factory produces. Believing that Manx is taking the children to a place called "Christmasland" where nothing bad happens, Bing willingly goes along with Manx's plans and uses the sevoflurane to capture children. Eventually Vic forgets about her bike, grows up and has a child. 

  I could carry on with the plotline but it is a long book and there are many details which I am sure to forget. This novel very cleverly plays on our fears, making the mundane and familiar anything but that. Even a phone ringing can send a chill down your side. The whole concept of Christmas is also given a terrifying twist, Christmasland, home to Charles Manx, is a place of nightmares.

It is clear that a strong protagonist will be needed to go up against Manx and Bing. Vic McQueen, is a flawed, rebellious, troubled and creative heroine. She is believable as a person and I had no trouble investing in her. Because of her flaws and her dysfunction, she is far more endearing and interesting. You really care about Vic and her son, who enjoy a difficult but loving relationship.

A horror novel that tackles mental illness, depression, addiction and loss is very much a human one. This is not your basic good versus evil tale; rather it is about unconditional love overcoming adversity.

I love that the book features a female lead, and that Vic is prickly and strong. Her childhood isn’t exactly happy or normal – she discovers, impossibly, that she can travel over a bridge that doesn’t really exist in time and space, she sees her mother beaten up by her father (before he abandons them), and she faces a truly terrifying monster in Charles Manx and escapes. I love that for all of these things in her past, Vic isn’t just a sum of her mistakes – she’s a character with a painful past, but she’s determined and with every fiber in her being, she alone has the ability and strength to stand against Manx. 

  The only downside of this book is the ending in my opinion. I will not ruin it for those who have not read it, but it did disappoint me slightly and could have been more exciting. Although, saying that, the book is action packed and has many terrific plots throughout. 

  This is a book which I would absolutely recommend to everyone, especially fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. 

  TDT Rating: 9.5/10

[chthonicillness]

your outfits and eyeliner are on POINT 👌👌👌

ohhhh my gosh thank you, that means a lot to me ah :))