Mollee
The first half was so unbelievably slow it took me forever to get into it. I finally had to switch to audiobook format cause i just could not get through it. The second half was good though. Like really good. Warnette makes my heart beat spike and I love it. Warner is my baby. I'm in love. Adam gets on my nerves. Kenji is precious. The book was alright overall. Kenji and Warner made it worthwhile.
I absolutely devoured this book. I read it so quickly and it didn't feel like 456 pages at all. I'm so invested and my heart after that ending is woah. I'm really glad I have the second one so I can start it immediately. I'm obsessed. So good! I'm pretty sure this review is not very cohesive. But ultimately what I'm trying to say is I LOVED THIS BOOK. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!
Ok well first off this was not what I expected at all! I liked the first half better than the second half of the book though. It got really scary! I don't know if I believe the narrator or not. Maybe Carly/Kaitlyn was possessed, maybe they were just mentally ill. I honestly don't know what to believe. I think I like the book better if she was just crazy. I think it gives a more “psychological horror” vibe rather than “paranormal horror” which I definitely am a bigger fan of. However I really don't know what I believe! Overall it was an alright book. A little scary for my usual taste, I still read it pretty quickly though. I thought the dossier style was fun. It reminded me of Illuminae. I'd say probably a 3.75 stars on this one. The second half of the book just got a little too scary for me to rate it higher. (I didn't know it'd be that scary going in)
I cannot get enough of The Lunar Chronicles. I love this series so much, I would read anything set in this universe. That's the only reason I liked this little Novella collection, because I love the characters.
The only story I didn't care for was “The Mechanic” it felt like I'd already read it. (Probably because I basically had). Just not really a fan of re-reading the same scene from a different perspective I guess.
I absolutely adored the rest of the stories though, especially Something Old, Something New. My heart was mush! I couldn't stop smiling, so cute and precious and I just love The Lunar Chronicles and the characters.
I feel very conflicted about this book. I didn't want to like it because of what the topic is, but I kind of did. It wasn't amazing. It wasn't bad. It was haunting. It was interesting. It was heartbreaking. Not what I expected at all. The incest portion isn't exactly romanticized. The main characters acknowledge the wrongness of it, however, they also push past the wrongness and do it anyways and it is portrayed as romantic? It's an extremely complicated book and I really have no idea how to explain it. My emotions are kind of a jumbled up, tangled, confused mess. I'm not sure how I feel about Forbidden. I just know that it's far from a forgettable novel.
2.75 Stars really.
I liked some of the book, but the end left something to be desired for me. I didn't feel like everything was tied up the way I would have liked. Maddy and Olly were really enjoyable characters, but it was predictable. I saw everything coming that happened. Nothing caught me by surprise, the plot twist wasn't a twist for me. It felt like a light and fluffy read despite Maddy having a life threatening condition. I wasn't very invested in any of the characters, I didn't find myself feeling anything for this book. For how hyped up this book was I was pretty disappointed.
Overall I found it predictable with an unsatisfying ending.
Maybe it's just because I'm constantly reading super hyped up books that blow me out of the water, but this book felt sort of subpar to me. It was good, but it wasn't anything special. It was just a book. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I don't feel like it'll be something that sticks with me for years to come. It was just average in my opinion.
Initially rated this as 4 stars. But then I thought about it and decided to switch it to 3. It was good, don't get me wrong. The writing style was just difficult to get used to and the instant love? Oh gosh it made me cringe honestly. Everything moved way too fast in the romance department. I liked Adam and Juliette together at first, like the shower scene which left me squealing. It developed way too quickly though and they were in love with in a few more chapters. Maybe I'm just more of a slow burn kind of girl? I love the premise though and will definitely continue on.
I absolutely devoured this book. I couldn't get enough. I had to tear myself away to complete my responsibilities throughout these past two days. This book was dark and twisted and magical. And over half the time I had no idea what was happening and what was real. The world of Caraval felt so real and enchanting. I loved every minute and every page! It had been extremely hyped up and it deserved all of that hype. Definitely one of my new favorites!
This book is so good I said! I keep liking every book better than the last I said! Then the ending happened and I was in tears, shaking, and breathing heavily. Like this book was AMAZING don't get me wrong. I couldn't get enough, but Richelle Mead ripped out my heart and stomped it into the dirt. I never thought I'd become this invested in a series I'd never even planned to read. But I'm in love with this series and I can't stop devouring book after book.
I read this book almost a year ago now and I loved it! Then I did a project for college on sexual abuse in literature and this book came up. After analyzing this book more closely it's kind of problematic in many ways. Like Jamie honestly has so many abusive flaws, and I get that it kind of has to do with the time period, but I don't know I just can't get behind it as much as I initially had. I also think I loved it so much because I wanted to love it. I heard so many good things and there was so much hype I wanted to love this book so I kind of forced myself to love it if that makes sense. It was still a good book, and was super well written if you can recognize and acknowledge that Jamie Fraser is not Prince Charming dreamboat. But I just really don't see myself reading anymore in this series, and I'm planning on unhauling all of my Diana Gabaldon books.
13 Reasons Why is one of my favorite books, so I was really excited when I found out Jay Asher had written another book. And it did not disappoint! This book was amazing! I loved it so much! It's such a feel good heartwarming story with a little bit of tragedy thrown in for the perfect mix of feelings. I'm also glad that I saved this book to read closer to Christmas, it was a good book to put me more in the holiday spirit. I loved everything about this book and Jay Asher is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I can't wait to see more from him in the future!
I listened to this as an audiobook and knowing that it involves pictures in the physical copy I think I may have enjoyed it more if I'd read the physical copy. even though the book is supposed to be young adult it felt very middle grade to me. The reveal at the end was a shock and I liked the spooky elements. It just felt like it shouldn't have been in the genre it was marketed as in my opinion.
I read the first 3 of these books in an extremely quick succession, however I became stuck on this one and it took me years to get through it. Once I finally got back into this series I enjoyed this book however I feel it wasn't necessary to the series and that the TMI series could have functioned just as well as a trilogy. that being said, I still really enjoyed this book and I love the characters.
I read this book for my Introduction to Women and Gender studies class and it was actually really interesting. Especially for a history book, it didn't read like a text book, it kept me engaged, and I didn't dread the readings from it.
This book was doing nothing for me. I was so bored and just couldn't trudge through anymore. Bummed because I loved Big Little Lies. Also the fatphobia was horrific.
I was supposed to read this book for a project I'm doing for school but I couldn't even make it through. I instead decided to just scan through it for the parts I need for my class. The writing style was not for me and the subject matter is obviously extremely icky which is why I was using it for my project. Couldn't even force myself to finish it for school. Why is this a classic?
Dnf'd at 58%. I tried to like this but I'm just SO bored and I can feel it pushing me into a slump. I loved the premise but it's just not doing it for me.
I really enjoyed the journey of this story until about 200 pages in. At that point nothing surprised me anymore and I felt like I knew everything that happened before it got there. I'm usually a pretty easy person to shock during thrillers because I suspend my disbelief and I don't try to guess things because I want to experience the thrill, but this book was just so predictable. The last 175 pages felt lack luster and like pure filler trying to make the book longer. It could have been a much shorter book and I think that would have prevented the ending from being such a yawn fest.
Not my thing. Not my thing. Not my thing. I couldn't even finish it. I made it to chapter 9 and was like nope. I'll look up the sketchy bits online for my project because there is no way I want to finish consuming this. I'm already scarred and I didn't even reach the “BDSM” scenes
I wanted to like this, it had been on my TBR for awhile and JordalineReads on YouTube highly recommended it, but I just wasn't enjoying it.
I felt it pushing me towards a slump because I just had zero desire to read it.
217 pages in and I'm not captivated, I'm not creeped out. Do I want to know what's going on? The history that's causing the “haunting”? Yes but not enough to try to push through 400 more pages.
I'm bored.