Tuesday, January 23, 2024

📺 ~ The Bear

rating: 9.9/10

the rating is goofy but this show is GOOD. every character has distinct personalities and something going for them. i love how it's the characters that drive the plot—and it is quite character focused. the writing is great, the acting and performances so phenomenal that sometimes i forget that this is acting coz it feels real. this felt like a novel, but tv adapted? the tension in the kitchen in the beginning, where everyone is uncooperative, and at the end w more harmony among them was wonderful. definitely a good show. i'm glad that it was short tho lol i can't handle too much. episode 7, the penultimate episode, was my favourite. i don't know how much of it was one shot coz i only realised halfway through that the camera wasn't cutting but the atmosphere could literally be felt through the screen the way everything was high strung and i was living for it. would deffo recommend for binging.

📖 ~ We Are Okay

rating: 3.75/5 life is so interesting. this was one of the first books i came by in 2020 which somehow stayed in my memory and by tbr. the o...