Marlize
dis die boek wat my siel nodig gehad het... om my te leer dat drome die belangrikste is, en dat jy nie altyd in beheer hoef te wees nie. dankie dankie dankie dankie:-)
Reading this book felt like being a time machine travelling through NYC.
Vivian was unlikeable and real and honest and human, and I loved her character development.
Such a fun and easy read, but still a lesson to be learned - as with any Elizabeth Gilbert book.
I am yet to find a Patrick Ness book that doesn't speak to my soul.... The Crane Wife is an amazing piece of fiction, blending unbelievable with believable and tricking you into thinking you know what you reading. Read this (like all Patrick Ness books) with an open mind and enjoy the fantastical words blending with reality...
sadly, after angels and demons, I was unimpressed... I expected more, but it was a fun read, and it was a good distraction from every day life...
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I started it with little to no expectations, and it started slow... But I can leave a book once started so I read on and somewhere along the line I got so invested in Carax that but the end I couldn't put the book down!!!
Is it possible to read a book and still not know if you liked it or not?
I started this book, got bored, started again and willed myself to finish it.
It wasn't bad, it wasn't great...
I enjoyed parts of it a lot, and the writing it self is quite good, but I got lost every now and again...
How epic...
I didn't start this book with any expectations, I basically started it out of boredom, but was I blown away...
I loved that it was almost not teenagey, but still young.
I loved the email exchanges.
I loved the way they fell in love.
I loved the fact that I laughed out loud, at least, ten times.
Easy read, but not something I would recommend. its not the type of book you absolutely have to read, but if you need some distraction it will provide.
This book, this whole series is mindblowing.... I was permanently split between hating and loving the writer... I honestly stopped reading this book for about a week, because the little girl in me believed if I'm not reading it then they are all happy and whole and how glad I am I finished it.
This book was everything! It was the perfect blend of all I need in a book and I will have to re read it soon, because in my rush to get it over with and find out what happens, I'm sure I missed half of it. Point is. Read this. Treasure this. And spend the rest of your life searching for your one in particular.
I was very reluctant to finish this book and almost gave up 3 times before I reached my 100 page decision point. But by then I was so pulled in I could not leave even if I wanted to.
The beginnig got me, having lost my own father, and it hit very close to home. But, based on the reviews I saw, I anticipated to end the book in tears. But I reached the last chapter with dry eyes, Anya's story following the narrative I expected, but two pages later I was destroyed with the most beautiful bombshell and definitely ended the book with a few sobs and risked being called a drama queen by my fiance.
Freaking amazing family saga that took my breath away...
This was bad...
I don't know why I hated this book so much, but the fact that it took me THREE years should mean something...
Heathcliff is horrible, Catherine and Cathy s the weirdest characters ever, and the story within a story thing...
So glad I'm done with this!
I am astonished that I took so long to allow Mr Pratchett into my life.
This was fantastic!!
Wow this one took me awhile... But once I finally got into it, it wasn't that bad. I guess I didn't need this book two years ago. But this moment, I needed it. Thanks Liz for opening my eyes to the love I need to find in my life...
This was good...
I'm a bit torn, it wasn't a bad book, but i'm not sure if I would recommend it to read...
There wasn't anything in specific wrong or off, it just wasn't my favorite...
Love Owen though...
How is it that every time I read Murakami I feel like I'm going through a mid life crisis...
It leads you to question everything you have ever done, or will ever do. And simultaneously answers how everything you have done and will ever do is good enough.
I hate reading Murakami, but I love to finish a Murakami book.
Kafka was amazing, the strangeness, the beautifully entwined magic, the witty dialogues... it was great.
The storyline was meh, but only because it took me till about page 450 to figure out what the hell I was actually reading...
3.5
This book was rollercoaster of emotions and happenings.
But it was amazing to see how all of these different woman dealt with the issues in their lives.
The final instalment of Cemetery of Forgotten Books... It was amazing, had me on the edge of my seat for a lot of it! Sure it could be shorter, and less descriptive, but now it feels like I just spent a holiday in Spain. Alicia Gris is stunning and well written and took over from Fermin as favourite character.
Gut-punching, heart-breaking, mind-blowing.
This is so far my best book read in 2020.
I don't even have words to describe how this book broke my heart and pieced it back together.
So much character growth, such a great plot, and the best quotes that will stick with me forever.
“But don't we all have experiences all the time that are only ours. None of us can ever imagine being someone else. Isn't that why being human is lonely? Because however many words there are in a language, they never express the actual thing, the actual feeling, the actual being ourselves?”
4.5/5
I had really high expectations and they were met. No, they were busted. Erin knows how to create a world you can get lost in and create characters to root for.
The ending felt a little lackluster to me, but that might also just be because I did not want the book to end and was really tired, so a re-read is definitely gonna occur and rating will be updated accordingly.
Not bad...
I liked the story line, I enjoyed the small stories within and I loved Ella...
This was a weird one... different than her others, but I still really enjoyed it! Character development was on point and the sense of place was well established. Definitely one of my current favourite writers
This book was difficult to read, hard to get into... But I must say, well done... I wasn't expecting the ending and was caught by surprise at the turn of events... I also liked the fact that it didn't have a happy happy ending, but an almost real life ending... Not my book of the year, and I wouldn't put it on my highly recommended list, but if your bored and it's there, you might as well read it...
This was my third re-read of Hannibal, and I remember loving this book. This time around I read the entire series (except for Hannibal Rising) and I couldn't stand his writing...
The plot remained well written, but the elaborate scenery building and the “cinematic” writing really put me off and distanced me from the story and the characters.
Hannibal remains my favourite villain, but I have lost my faith in Starling... I don't know how I missed or justified her 180 in personality the previous read-throughs, but I couldn't stomach it this time around.