* e m m i e * 467K subscribers · Oct 8, 2026

my whole entire tbr (and a much needed unhaul)

Reviews17

Disliked

I just did not think this was like super great. I don't think I'm going to be continuing this manga and I mean I can pick it up on maybe through my library anytime, but I don't think I need to own it. I didn't love it.

Disliked

I think I'm going to keep it around for now just because it's going to be featuring in one of my videos at the end of the year. not the good one if you're wondering, but yeah, I think this one is going to stick around for now, but I do think I'm going to eventually unhaul it at the end.

Disliked

I was really only keeping it because the first few chapters were about a virus unleashed in the Arctic Circle and about a group of scientists in the Arctic and I was really, really just like drawn to that, but then it's more of a short story collection woven into a continuous narrative and I just didn't really enjoy it.

Disliked

I liked it's one of those books that I like talking about and thinking about and more so just ruminating about after having read it, but I didn't actually like Isabel Allende's writing style. I found a lot of this to be a slog, not in terms of content or message or anything like that, but just in terms of the writing.