all the books i read in february and what i thought of them
All the books I read in February and what I thought of them This month I read four books, which isn't a lot, but the reviews are long, so from your perspective I assume it comes out to the same thing. ✨✨✨ Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ I kept seeing this book everywhere on the internet, and then I also saw it in the library, so I had to read it. Who could possibly have predicted that when everyone is talking about a book, it's because the book is fantastic? Our protagonist Cyrus is sad and lonely and obsessed with death. He has a hard time feeling alive (as opposed to numb to everything) and he wants to die in a way that his absence will mean something. So, basically, this is like those books I love/hate about self destructive women, except this is about a self-destructive man, and also it didn't make me feel empty inside. Cyrus is just a little guy and I want to give him a hug. Cyrus starts from a really awful place mentally, but, throughout the book, he starts feel