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Nov 11, 2021 07:27PM
Why so many clown emojis?? XD
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Lol Iza's sister. She sounds like a cool and "strong female protagonist". Ohhh, and Kadiri lol. I'm not sure ~why~, exactly, but he sounds awesome. XD
Whose PO..."
Interesting. I didn't know that Zeline was so fascinating lol XD I do like her though =)
Oh. Kalil is actually my second favorite character of the main four (Iza's my favorite). If you don't mind me asking, why does he sound whiny? His story and past is something that comes up more later so maybe that's why? Interesting. Amira is actually not a show-off at all lol XD just stubborn
Do you think the voice thing could be considered problematic or no? Or were the sentence structures and words different enough?
Iza does have magic powers =) That'll be revealed in a couple chapters, though it was mentioned in Chapter 5.
What makes you think they're related to the king?
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Clowns are fun in text, but superlative scary in real life lolololol"
Agreed. I have a fear of clowns lol XD but the emoji isn't creepy so I'm good
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In a world divided by six kingdoms, our setting is on one. Elyria, a kingdom with islands, deserts, and forests.
Four 1st-person POVs narrate this ..."
I have included chapter 6 =) It's newly written so it may not be as refined as the other chapters
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Lol Iza's sister. She sounds like a cool and "strong female protagonist". Ohhh, and Kadiri lol. I'm not sure ~why~, exactly, ..."
It doesn't flat out day they're related to the king as far as I know. It's said that Amira, Kalil, and Olisi are related. Nothing was said about them being related to the king. Their parentage is revealed in the next few chapters
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Lol Iza's sister. She sounds like a cool and "strong female protagonist". Ohhh, and Kadiri lol. I'm not sure ~why~, exactly, ..."
So you don't think the voices sound too similar? I want to make sure that they don't sound the exact same. Amira and Kalil could read a little bit similar since they're siblings, but not the rest of them. Kadiri should not sound like Izara, Amira, or Kalil, and Izara shouldn't sound like Kadiri, Amira, or Kalil
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Clowns are fun in text, but superlative scary in real life lolololol"
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Oh, they don’t sound too similar :)"
Great! =) I'm glad. Thanks for your help, Lia! I should actually be able to add three more chapters today.
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Oh, they don’t sound too similar :)"
Great! =) I'm glad. Thanks for your help, Lia! I should actually be able ..."
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Oh, they don’t sound too similar :)"
Great! =) I'm glad. Thanks for your help, Lia! I should actually be able ..."
I have put two new Phoenix chapters in that doc (3 chapters if you didn't read chapter 6) 😁
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Oh, they don’t sound too similar :)"
Great! =) I'm glad. Thanks for your help, Lia! I should a..."
I also added chapter 9 =) make that three new Phoenix chapters
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It kept saying that the server couldn’t be found :D Lololol
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Initial thought is why can’t I write as good as you :D Spo e..."
It's okay =) I'm glad you enjoy it so far <3
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🥰 Thanks Katie 💖
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What is a masterpiece? The photos? Thanks 🤗
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Thorns are growing in the garden. They snake over the pathways, daring me to trip and cut myself on their barbs. I carefully step over them, not taking them up on their offer to hurt me.
The cobblestone cracks underneath my feet. The garden has looked better. No one cares about preserving it. Every morrow it grows more dismal and dangerous. The vines on the exterior palace walls have grown closer to the pathways. Pretty soon they'll join the thorns in their goal to hurt others.
Who knew plants could be as sadistic as my father?
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Thorns are growing in the garden. They snake over t..."
Sounds grreat!
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Sophie Nguyen wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "What do y'all think of this passage? I wrote it this morning at 4-5 AM in about 10 minutes total. It's for the main novel I'm currently writing.
Thorns are growing in the garden..."
Thanks y'all 😊
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Oof. and this is why I hate sharing beds
Alexandria wrote: "So, I had originally been hoping to wake up pain-free this morning (which is honestly rare), but what happens? My sister and I always sleep in the same bed when we’re staying in a hotel. This morni..."
lmao i'm sorry Lexi
lmao i'm sorry Lexi
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I sleepover with my sister all the time, but this rarely happens. In like 9 years this has happened once…
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm still laughing at the situation
hahahahah! that's so funny XD lol I love that
Alexandria wrote: "Funny story, true story: I have co-op classes (homeschool) on Mondays and Thursdays at 10am-12pm until the second week of May. This previous Monday (Feb. 28), we are instructed to paint a watercolo..."
That happens to my friend all the time! When my friend group gets together, usually only one of our guys comes with us. It's usually me, a girl friend or two, and the guy friend. So me and her drag him all around and whenever one of us goes to the bathroom and other goes (obv, its girl code) so he always forgets. Last time we were like "lets not say anything" (it was really small, no one was in there) and we walk in and he comes and we just stare at him until he realizes and RUNS out 😂
That happens to my friend all the time! When my friend group gets together, usually only one of our guys comes with us. It's usually me, a girl friend or two, and the guy friend. So me and her drag him all around and whenever one of us goes to the bathroom and other goes (obv, its girl code) so he always forgets. Last time we were like "lets not say anything" (it was really small, no one was in there) and we walk in and he comes and we just stare at him until he realizes and RUNS out 😂
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🤣🤣🤣 That's hilarious
I love it XDDDDhaving guy friends is great
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having guy friends is great"
I wouldn't know quite yet :/ I want one though (both romantically and platonically; platonic first; I'm working on platonic, hopefully the odds are in my favor). My sister mostly has guy friends.
Guy friends are fantastic( just don’t tell them I said that😂)
(yeah no kidding. I know some guys whose ego would be thru the roof if I told them that XD)and Alexandria *cough* Effie accent *cough* may the odds be EVER in your favour!
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Will do 😉👍
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I love that!
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-Minor spoilers on the plot of the book and movie-
I read this book not long before watching the movie. I was reading it for the April Picnic Challenge because it had tablecloth in it, and I finished it about a week before the movie was released. I found out it was going to be a movie after reading it.
CHARACTERS
So much of Auden's personality was changed, it's not even funny. Like, in the movie she goes to live with her dad in the beach town of Colby to reinvent herself, but in the book she goes to spend time with her dad before going to college and gets upset when she starts becoming a different girl.
Movie Auden wants to be a different girl. Book Auden literally breaks up with the love interest, Eli, because she hates how different she's becoming. These are two separate Audens, I'm fully convinced of that.
Another thing, the actors didn't feel right. The acting was kind of awkward, particularly with Emma Pasarow, who plays Auden. The other thing is that why were such old actors chosen to play teenagers? Auden is supposed to be 18 in the movie and book, so why is she played by a 26-year-old who doesn't look 18? The love interest's actor, Belmont Cameli, is 24, and he's supposed to be playing either a 19-20 year old (I can't remember Eli's exact age). These two look like they're co-starring in a college romance, not a 'she's just out of high school' romance. Yes, Eli is college age, so I could excuse him a bit, but not her. She looks as if she's at least a college sophomore.
I know that this argument is one that's been made since forever (Grease, anyone? 30-year-olds playing teenagers?), but really? Why is this still a thing? There are plenty of teen actors searching for a role, wanting to be in a movie. At the very least, I do appreciate that Netflix didn't pick big name actors for this film. But still. The age thing annoys me.
They also didn't look the way I imagined. I imagined Eli having dark brown, almost black hair, not almost blond-ish. And I imagined Auden's hair being either light brown or blonde, not dark chocolate.
On casting though, I will say that Genevieve Hannelius as Leah is absolutely perfect. She really captured the Leah I read in the book.
One thing I absolutely hated though was the elimination of an entire character who was pretty important to the book. That would be Hollis, Auden's older brother. He's completely nonexistent in this film, so much so that it's as if they made Auden an only child when really, the thing that inspired her to go to Colby in the book, was a package from her Europe-touring brother. The two aren't super close in the book, and there aren't a lot of scenes with him, but so many things happen in the book's plot that are inspired by her brother.
At the end of the movie, Auden has a frame that was seemingly given to her by Eli (either that or Maddie, Leah, or Esther). That same exact frame was given to Auden by her brother in the book.
I personally love movies and books that have a sibling relationship/dynamic, so this elimination really bothers me.
PLOT
It's weird because I was watching the movie, and it almost felt like I was watching a completely different story than the one I read. First off, Auden didn't go to Colby and immediately start working at Heidi's boutique. She wasn't intending to work while there. Yet in the movie, it seems like Auden knew she'd be getting a job from her stepmother before going.
The way Auden meets Eli is also so incredibly different. In the movie, she meets him because she's up late at the pier and Eli is riding a bike. In the book, the two of them meet because Eli calms down Thisbe, Auden's baby stepsister when Auden's father instructs Auden to calm her down. In the movie though, Thisbe is almost nonexistent. Auden ends up forming somewhat of a bond with her baby sister in the book, but the movie pretty much eliminates that.
One thing I did like about the movie that was different in the book was the romantic subplots. In the book there were at least 4. Auden was with Eli. Her mom was in a relationship with a college student of hers. Her dad had Heidi. And her brother, Hollis, had met a girl and ended up marrying her. I didn't like how everyone's relationships were perfect and got tied up with a neat little bow at the end of the book. Everyone was in a relationship, and everyone was pretty much happy. Everyone had found some semblance of love over one summer. Technically, her mom's relationship wasn't completely resolved, but still.....it felt unrealistic, and I didn't like it. In the movie, they just stuck with Auden and Eli and her dad and Heidi.
Also, the drama between Eli and Auden is caused because of a bike? Really? Seriously? Book Auden broke up with Eli because she hated how different she became and if I'm not mistaken she called him a distraction. But in the movie, they call it off because Eli keeps asking if Auden knows how to ride a bike? I know that it's just supposed to be from Auden's pent-up stress with everything going on between her dad and Heidi, but seriously? That's what makes them temporarily part ways? A bike? If this was a movie only, I could excuse it. Biking is super important to Eli and in that moment Auden is fed up with it. But it was a book first, and they never broke up because of the bike.
The break-up and resolution just seemed to progress way too fast and came out of nowhere.
There was one scene in the movie that didn't happen in the book that I loved though. There's a scene where Auden and Eli are outside of a supermarket. Auden is riding in the basket of a shopping cart. It's late at night. Eli is driving the cart. They hit a bump and the cart topples over. Eli immediately freaks out with concern over Auden, who is perfectly okay. But the acting in that scene was phenomenal and it showcases how Eli isn't over his friend Abe's death. It seems as if he's reminded of that accident and remembers how he was behind the wheel when it happened.
They made Auden's dad also more redeemable in the movie. In the book Auden ends up stumbling upon her dad's and Heidi's argument, during which he states that he only invited Auden to Colby to help look after Thisbe. Heidi gets upset at him, saying that he should want to spend time with both of his daughters. In the movie, this scene is nonexistent. Her dad is a lot better in the movie, which as far as family dynamics go, I like. As far as book accuracy goes though, it isn't there too much with Auden's relationship with her dad.
Accuracy wise though, her mother is still as judgemental and elitist as she is in the book.
SUMMARY
Overall, it was enjoyable, but it wasn't super accurate. The actors looked too old for their characters, over half of Auden's personality was changed, and her brother didn't exist. Thisbe was barely there, and the romantic drama between Eli and Auden was rushed and didn't make sense with the book.
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OMG Along For The Ride! That was my first Sarah Dessin book! I wanna see the movie now LOL
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-Minor spoilers on the plot of the book and movie-
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