#leave the world behind (book)

[bookishfreedom]

this book, in a word: pretentious

#full review on instagram @bookishfreedom #but to summarize #too much purple prose and a lot of social commentary that could benefit from a bit of subtlety #booklr #books #book #reading #read #reader #bookish #mine #bookblr #bookworm #book review #book reviews #leave the world behind

[cinematic-literature]

Leave the World Behind (2023) by Sam Esmail

Book title: Beach Towel by Otto Irving

#leave the world behind #sam esmail #beach towel #otto irving #books in movies #fictitious books #fictitious books in movies

[blue-mood-blue]

How is it that two separate series that I love both had the theme of

"She was never real, she never existed, her end is absolute. When the mask is taken off and cast aside to reveal something much older and bigger than her there will not even be a grave to visit - but the love was real. The love was more important than anything else"

And ALSO

"God's here and he's a deadbeat dad, he is taking zero responsibility for his choices and also he sucks, his firstborn daughter has said so to his face"

How does this happen

#october daye #october daye spoilers #tlt #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #i was thinking about this the other day #with the two newest books in the series #and what they each did to a character #and that what was left of BOTH of them was the love they put into the world #and that wasn't nothing!! #that was the MOST IMPORTANT thing!! #because the love you leave behind IS the most important thing!! #and THEN i remembered that god sucks in both of them and was like 'what the fuck'

[boysborntodie]

I think that Johnnyboy’s potential to complicated and messy is criminally untapped in fanon. Ponyboy ‘fucking sucks at feelings, both his own and of others, and can be a bitch’ Curtis and Johnny ‘imperfect victim with shit self-esteem’ Cade would definitely have their ups and downs

#which is normal!!! #and i think they’d be able to get through rough patches #but they definitely do have their bad and difficult moments #ponyboy gets better at feelings as the book goes on but progress isn’t linear and we see that he reverts back #and johnny doesn’t really stand up for himself with pony #or most people in general #and while pony would definitely realise his mistake and apologize #it would be an issue #they’re both also not super good at comforting the other #the other appreciates the effort but they don’t often feel better #(johnny remarking he prefers when his father hits him when darry hurt pony #and pony teling johnny not to kill himself) #i can see them getting better at it and learning to understand each other more later on but it’s something they’d struggle with #also one of the biggest points of conflict would be the fact pony’s someone pure and gold and destined to leave behind tulsa #while johnny sees himself so lacking and without worth in comparison #also johnny genuinely does see pony as a kid #that’s his bestie and they’re equals but johnny knows pony is immature and doesn’t know much about the world outside his bubble #pony is very much 14 while johnny’s been forced to grow up from a young age #the outsiders #johnny cade #se hinton #ponyboy curtis #johnnyboy

[v171]

Leave the World Behind is so funny to me, because as a book it's one of the worst rated and reviewed modern books for the number of ratings that it has on Goodreads. I don't know if other people are frequent users of Goodreads, but a 3.17 is an EXTREMELY low rating for a book that has 140,000 ratings. I have this book and want to read it, but I've read a lot of reviews for it and generally the consensus is it is both unnecessarily sexual and nothing fucking happens.

So I was honestly shocked to hear that it was turned into a movie?? Why would they pick this book of all books to turn into a movie?? And from what I'm seeing, people don't like it! And do you know why? Because nothing fucking happens! Also the Obamas made the movie???

Idk, I honestly think I'll end up enjoying the book but I was just so confused that a book that has been notoriously poorly received for the past four years ended up being made into a movie that is being poorly received for the exact same reason.

#books #leave the world behind

[deathbecomesthem]

I've started listening to the Leave the World Behind audiobook, and the writing is incredible. Rumaan Alam is going to be one of those authors for me - I'll read everything he's published. The movie was middling, but I'm telling you - the source material is outstanding.

#rumaan alam #leave the world behind #books

[haveyoureadthispoll]

A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken. Ruth and G. H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden power outage has swept the city, and - with nowhere else to turn - they have come to the country in search of shelter. But with the TV and internet down, and no phone service, the facts are unknowable. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple - and vice versa? What has happened back in New York? Is the holiday home, isolated from civilisation, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another?

#book: leave the world behind #author: rumaan alam #genre: thriller #genre: mystery #year: 2020s

[thenineofus]

Did the Obamas really commission the dumbest, most overproduced and overlong adaptation of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?

#leave the world behind #its real bad dont watch it #as always just watch the twilight zone #about me #just read a review of the book and wouldnt you guess it all the terrosrism stuff is not there #that part was original for the movie #again produced by the obamas

[wealmostaneckbeard]

Leave The World Behind: My New Thoughts on it

I finished reading Rumaan Alam's novel Leave the World Behind and I think it's subtextual premise is this:

What if the the Christian Bible was as accurate in it's depiction of the End of Days as it was about the Beginning of Creation? Which is to say, right on a few details but wrong about everything else.

For example:

Rose the sinless daughter gets "raptured," but not really she just abandons the group to break into an unoccupied bomb shelter stocked with supplies where she binge watches dvds. That's basically heaven, in the short term. Archie the first born son dies, but not really he just gets Lyme disease and might die or maybe not. It depends if he can get medical treatment.

I believe this novel is meant to be a contrasting parody of the Christian apocalypse series, Left Behind, and it's lack of ambiguity. I've read enough summaries about that bloated saga of theocratic far-right propaganda to think I'm right.

Sam Esmail's cinematic adaptation of LTWB eschews the veiled critique of Christianity and instead targets another beloved fantasy of the far right: military invasion of the USA by a foreign nation.

In the original Red Dawn, it's explicitly stated that Mexican communist revolutionaries backed by the Russian military have invaded the southern border. They have seized control of numerous towns and cities and have forced residents into prison camps. Thus it's up to a plucky group of high schoolers to fight for Ronald Reagan's America.

In LTWB, there is no marauding red army destroying America, because there doesn't have to be. America is already teetering on the brink of collapse, our infrastructure is weak, our public discourse toxic. Anyone with sufficient resources, ranging from the Islamic Republic of Iran to aliens from outer space, could make the nation fall into chaos. It doesn't who the attackers are, economic and social policies implemented by conservative politicians have made our nation weak in order to fund tax cuts for wealthy elites who will abandon everyone when the end comes.

This terrifying indictment of America by Sam Esmail elevates his movie above it's source material, in my opinion. He's not afraid to make people afraid, something that Rumaan Alam was apparently reluctant to do lest he become like the fear mongerers he was parodying. Or at least that's what I imagine.

#leave the world behind #Rumaan Alaam #book review #left behind #red dawn #sam esmail #movie review

[claire-starsword]

Shining Force Data Collection - May 1992

These are from a special on japanese magazine Beep! Megadrive. I haven’t translated most of it because it’s your typical character stat analysis and item/magic list, but there were some fun character tidbits as well.

Protagonist

Leave the finishing blows to him

Character: A typical man, doesn't talk much. Many warriors admire him and join his force.

Special skills: He's the only one capable of ordering the wild members of the Shining Force to retreat.

Mae

Daughter of the Knight Captain, running through the wide fields

Character: Super harsh. Though that's what you can expect of a knight that was also raised like a princess.

Special skills: Her father was the Knight Captain Varios. Her bloodline is as good as it gets for a knight.

Ken

This model apprentice is a guy that grows stronger real fast

Character: Honest. To the point where he comes off as rude to other people. Though it's also a good thing.

Special skills: His youth is his strength. As a knight in training, his growth upon getting real battle experience is extraordinary.

Arthur

The hidden power of a laundry worker

Character: Extremely earnest. His weak point is that he's quick to worry.

Special skills: He's a unique knight who can learn magic. Is that a given when you work on the laundry in Manarina?

Pelle

Are mercenary knights immortal?

Character: A hothead. Perhaps that's why he's easy to deceive, he's completely helpless when it comes to surprise attacks.

Special skills: Has the sheer determination to climb up from a precipice. His strong will beyond that of regular mercenaries isn't just an act.

Vankar

Never stops drinking

Character: Loves alcohol and freedom and fighting. Has an adult charm to him.

Special skills: Fights head-on, one-on-one, a fair clash of power versus power. He's a knight for hire with a lot of pride.

Earnest

A knight of the shadows living for revenge

Character: A man of conviction who won't turn back at any danger in order to attain his goals.

Special skills: Skilled at guerilla tactics, seeing how he penetrated a fort leading only a small bunch of soldiers.

Luke

A brat charging onward with a dumpling of a nose!

Character: A natural-born fighter who loves battling, However, he's usually a kind man.

Special skills: Great physical strength. Shows a fighting style distinct from the knights.

Gort

A hot blooded grandpa unmatched in the battlefield

Character: A kind warrior who loves his family and homeland. Has the charm of an unassuming master.

Special skills: Relies on skill more than strength, contrasting with the young Luke.

Hans

Talented archer who hates fighting

Character: A pacifist. Does things on his own pace and whines a lot, but when he decides to act he does it well.

Special skills: Precise as a machine with the bow. Never misses a target.

Diane

Sniper woman raised in the mountain country

Character: Having been raised as a hunter since a young age, she is very self reliant. Also full of vitality.

Special skills: Runs through hills and fields like a wild beast, chasing after her prey through any distance.

Lyle

Heavy firearm guy with a terrible sense of direction

Character: He's careless, but the kind of guy that's hard to hate. Even he admits his sense of direction is poor.

Special skills: Certainly strong. Carries around that heavy cannon without a single complaint.

Guntz

An inventor’s soul running through the battlefield

Character: A sensitive guy despite his appearance. Seems to be very watchful of his surroundings.

Special skills: Has dexterous hands. Does maintenance of the steam suit by himself.

Tao

The burning woman was devoted

Character: Seemingly meek, but strong on the inside. As expected of a fire mage.

Special skills: Cooks the undead of monsters well-done. A monster chef.

Anri

The princess is a silver haired mage

Character: She is a princess yet has lived in Manarina for a while, perhaps she's good at adapting to other environments?

Special skills: A princess who attacks with ice magic, it's a bit of a scary image to conjure.

Domingo

An impertinent creature since the day he hatched

Character: Talks way too much. Perhaps his egg was hatched in a bad way.

Special skills: His gelatinous body is hard for enemies to damage. Very resistant.

Alef

The magician of lightning attacks hates Lowe?

Character: A woman (?) with a unique adult vibe among those in the force. Quite attractive...

Special skills: The Bolt magic that makes one's fur stand on end and summons lightning. Its power is outstanding.

Lowe

The one who saved a life is a priest in training

Character: Very nosy and curious. Yet has a vibe that's hard to dislike.

[idk book did you read the previous character]

Special skills: Being a priest, that is healing magic of course. Especially eager to treat the girls' wounds.

Khris

Has hidden strength very unexpected of her looks

Character: Because she has served a princess for a long time, she's mild mannered and very quiet.

Special skills: With experience she becomes quite strong, even in close combat. She also looks kind of lonely.

Torasu

The best when it comes to Aura

Character: The eldest in the force. Has a surprisingly funny face.

Special skills: Thanks to his long life, he has learned plenty of healing spells. Very knowledgeable.

Gong

The peak of body training

Character: He wanders about while training himself. A monk with strict discipline.

Special skills: Summons the healing fairies with a strong proper fist. You have to see it.

Balbaroy

Dances like a butterfly, stings like a hornet

Character: Has a deep sense of honor. Fought to protect the priest in Shade who took care of him.

Special skills: A valuable member who can fly. Can't anything be done about his kinda low strength...?

Amon

Do you understand how to use the birdmen couple?

Character: A gentle wife who cares dearly for her husband. You want to answer her pleas no matter what.

Special Skills: Another flying member along her husband. You can leave the battlefield scouting to them.

Kokichi

Flying is his life

Character: He has persisted for fifty years on experiments with flying machines. That says all you have to know about his personality.

Special skills: Kokichi is the only human in all of Rune to have flown. It's an amazing feat.

Bleu

Is this a legendary Sacred Dragon?

Character: He's a crybaby, but his care for his friends might be beyond that of humans. Likes Karin.

Special skills: Bleu is still only a child. He's just starting to develop his powers as a sacred dragon.

Zylo

The only option when it comes to forest battles

Character: While a beastman, he is the king of Bustoke. A noble and kind ruler.

Special skills: A forest spirit. In a forest, no one can match his power.

Adam

Robot given a duty

Character: Loyal servant to the protagonist. He was created for this role. A long. long time ago.

Special skills: His whole body is weaponized. By getting experience, he may be able to unlock its abilities.

Musashi

A strong warrior visiting from an eastern country

Character: The embodiment of the samurai code. He cannot ignore evil, no matter how small.

Special skills: With a single swing of his katana he can tear apart even air! Such skill might be above even the protagonist's.

Hanzou

This user of ninja arts holds his sword in a backwards grip

Character: A complete mystery. His nature, his personality, all unknown. A literal fighting machine?

Special Skills: The secret art of hiding in the shadows. Now, let's look out for him thoroughly.

Yogurt

Why does he fight?

Character: "I don't get it..."

Special skills: He runs. Has a helmet. Tumbles down. Apparently has a lot of unexpected skills. Really unexpected.

#shining force #shining series #shining force data collection #hilarious that i found this before actually going to hunt for all the beep megadrives #anyway i love that their were a bit more humorous in this one #also love how max's retreat is portrayed as a leader skill like. bestie that's a spell. that's like forceful #max sinking in the castle of the ancients: man i'm so glad i learned egress. those hotheads would rather die here than let me go #adam right behind him: that's true. i'm glad you've found such great friends though master #max: ... #max: ...how are you still here? #adam whose only idea of leaving max involve getting blown up to death: ? i don't understand the question master #anyway. losing it at the disrespect for luke also #and yes i know the last world book said he doesn't like fighting no one knows what's going on with this guy i guess #everyone is too busy giving diane the most epic entries ever which is far more important #most valuable thing here though is. i think that's the first time bleu and karin's ship is teased? legit surprised to see that #i thought it was a thing decided on the fly for the novel just because Story Gotta Have Romance

[ngisi]

My two reads for this month. So far, I'm really enjoying Daisy Jones & The Six!

Has anyone read it before? Did you like it?

#reading #bookish #books #january reading #daisy jones and the six #leave the world behind

[nikewrites]

Leave the World Behind

I just finished watching Leave the World Behind on Netflix. The film is an adaptation of a book by the same name, written by Rumaan Alam. I started reading the book today. I’m roughly halfway through and I feel that the book is more subtle in its observations about the environment, racism, classism and conspiracy than the film is. The book gives you room to decide how subtle or blatant any of the…

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[colloquialcolors]

huh so. watership down. is a solid book. solid. book. compelling characters, thought through world building, build up and payoff in good amounts, somehow pretty hopeful despite the ongoing danger and threats throughout. like. damn. nice.

and honestly. less tragic than i was expecting! excellent. holding these little rabbits in my hands.

#that said it is Not the book i read as a child about a rabbit trying to jump over a river. alas. #but! good! whether this equips me to watch the newest d20 season is a different q i suppose. #(i say as if im not still trying to make good progress on mentopolis) #sysreading #? #i think its really like. a beautiful showcase of little lives and big emotions and crises. #the realism of the rabbits crossed with the complexity of like- human quarrels and emotions and explanations. really just. yeah. #damn. beautifully done. #it is a harsh book to an extent with the realism and the blood and the danger and the fear and the losses but honestly? #so much more hopeful and kind than i was expecting given its reputation. #i feel like its something like: the world is harsh and cruel and can leave you with your throat run red at any moment. but all of the main #the main characters. the sympathetic ones. are never cruel or uncaring despute the world #or even bc of it. or even when they are unkind you see the reasons behind it. its a harsh world with a main band of characters who are #trying their best and sympathetic and scared and persevering. idk. good stuff. enjoyed it greatly. #watership down #god you know what this makes me wanna do though. other than go thru the discussion questions in the back of the book. #i kinda wanna reread guardians of gahoole #love books of deceloped animal societies dealing with conflict and war and strategizing....

[readingaway]

Danielle Babbles About Books - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Rating: 2.25/5 stars

Content warnings: illness, sex, descriptions of nudity and masturbation

Review: I'm writing this review before I can forget about my gripes. It's not a bad book. The writing is smooth, the pacing is good. But I came into reading this book thinking that there would be conflict between people and while there was tension, there really wasn't conflict. And the narration was so disconnected from the characters, and they were quite annoying and full of themselves, that I didn't care about them at all. I had no anxiety for what might happen to these people, just some curiosity about what's happened in the world outside. Which is an issue when the book is focused on these characters, and all I want to know is what’s really happening. But I also didn’t want to know. I wanted the characters to become truly, deeply suspicious of each other and act on it. Or for them to start fighting. And then the narrator told all, or enough that the reader knows basically what's happened in the outside world and what's going to happen, to the world and to the characters. Well enough that I have no further curiosity. It's not a book that's going to keep me up at night. I guess what I wanted was not Lord of the Flies exactly, but something more up that lane of there being a mystery about what's happened in the world outside, but the bulk of the story being taken up with conflict between the characters who are trapped. Learning by the end what has really happened - and having it be shockingly normal and the characters have been behaving horribly because they were isolated and scared and panicking - would have been nice, but leaving it a mystery would have been more effective. Especially if there was conflict between the characters and not merely tension and suspicion. I also just don't care to read masturbation scenes. Or, if there's masturbation scenes for the father, mother, and son in the one family, why is the daughter left out?        

#danielle babbles about books #book reviews #leave the world behind #booklr #bookblr #generally negative review

[m0e-ru]

losing the idgaf war

#kommento #// playing spltoon flopping at every level and dying yelling TAKE MEEE take my brain and cradle it nicely take me into your care #// successfully fading into obscurity because im not necessarily popular nd slandering my own name further so it's smeared in history books #// and my legacy dies an untimely death if I ever had one and leave nothing behind and this gas station dissappears into the fog #// that I couldn't be the one in people's mouths when they think about this One Guy that I was no competition to anyone else #// in this so-called 'community' that was so hostile and volatile to me because I had standards and I projected too hard for my own good #// not that ive been badgered or hurt or maimed or anything i dont think i would even still be in this hellhole if that ever were the case #// but im in this specific pocket of fndom are full of freaks and i want to appease most of them and make a name for myself #// —ambitious i know— majority of these people ARE freaks and so the people who are popular ARE freak themselves #// so techincally im trying to appeal to three people but i want more when it's technically not possible #// and im a little bitch so i hate the turnout ?? this is why i'll never be satisfied in here but ive been still kicking crying and going #// i wish i wasnt a hater i wish the things i dont want to see werent so physically revolting that my heart sinks and i see red #// i wish it was a more minor thing where im a hater for about 50% of it and i can Easily Dismiss it #// than hatership being a part of my personality #// that I've earned so little and lost so much but everyone and everything that I've loved is so genuine and real and too much #// that the stakes of doing something is so high like it's gambling itself that I'm not too sure I'm satisfied with my time here #// despite all the things I believed were good that's happened already #// that if I leave right now on the fickle decisiveness of the squirrel in my brain there would be things on this figurative bucket list I #// never have accomplished and I'm not too sure I can come back to do it because of my home that looks like war trenches itself #// all this time and love I've put into this world and I'm stubborn and selfish enough to believe I have not received what I am due #// and that this love and dedication was never received by enough people as I perceive #// sorry for being a baby's first but my time here in this pit of hell has been th absolute worst and most horrid of other fndoms I've been #// and while I practice the inherent belief I am the scum of the earth and the worst person alive #// and that I leave the things I love so much behind with wordless and meaningless abandonment #// I've made so much and shared so much that enough of my love was perceived by others and that #// I've at least left myself some things behind even if it has never reached others the way I humbly wished it to #// lmao like I'm writing an overly dramatic resignation letter and I leave it front desk and when I exit the building it #// either completely disappears behind me or keeps standing but stay unmaintained for the duration I'm gone #// people could still come and go or I could make it disappear myself. I think I've done a good job at making it easy to do that #// sorry for being dramatic ? idk how to give closure on this if the time ever comes or if this Is The Closure

[moonmultimuse]

This might take the cake on weirdest book I’ve ever read. The characters were flat, they were interchangeable with those of the same genders as them. The atmosphere, this is maybe the only good thing, it felt creepy, like something bad would happen at any moment. A lone house, in the middle of nowhere, with the world ending around it. That’s how a thriller should be written. Speaking of the writing, this was overwritten and there were just some weird undertones like making innocent situations be described in a sexual manner. Inappropriate and uncalled for. The writer was trying to hard with some of the passages and it honestly made me skim over some paragraphs. The writing was very mundane and then got intense, which is fitting for a thriller as things are usually dull every day life and then everything crazy starts happening. The plot, I have more questions after finishing it then I did before starting the novel. That is never good. Here were lots of loose ends and very vague descriptions of what was actually happening with the plot. My best guess on the main plot of the story is family relationships and how a traumatic event can be frustrating and cause fractures in a dynamic of a family. Again, that’s just a guess. That’s what this book did; it left me with questions and guesses.

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