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I like to get invested in werid, lovely, creepy, sad, fictionous books.

I'll try to leave a little comment as I finish them, in the language that I read them.

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Notes of a Crocodile (2017) 4 stars

Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age …

Review of 'Notes of a Crocodile' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

It's hard to express how I feel about this book. I usually use other people's words to describe art, but I can do so to describe my feelings.
There are many segments of the book filled with raw emotion, and self-hatred, in which the main character can't understand herself, and in turn, can't understand others.
And on the side, we have the segments of a crocodile hiding under human skin, in a world full of crocodile delirium.
The parts I like the most and feel sad about the most are the ones in which I can recognize my own thoughts and feelings. Knowing about the author's passing makes it even sadder.
In the end, I can't help to think many aspects of the book are probably lost in my lack of context. I would love to be able to read it again in a few years, if possible in its …