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SUCH an enjoyable read!! I really want to read it right over again, so I can pick up on more details this time. I found the style captivating, and the stories both realistic and impactful, something that changed my perspectives on things. 100% would read again, and 100% so happy I did!! Thank you to my dear friend, Deanna, who sent me the book :) <3
had some interesting pieces, but I can't say it was anything revolutionary to me personally. I also found the amount of swearing detracted from the point and felt so painfully forced... it wasn't adding anything. I guess I should've assumed that from the title, but I had heard good things.
Also, it's been said before in these reviews, but the audiobook quality is literal trash and make it nearly unlistenable. If the book had been any longer, I probably would've given up, but it only took me two afternoons at work to power through this thing.
this book would've been an EASY 4 stars, if chapter 42 was completely rewritten. honestly, if the whole ending to the romance was rewritten. how did it derailed so terribly??? I'm honestly just left confused and upset at that, I couldn't even focus on the rest of the book because I was actually so upset, ngl
I've never read quite anything like this, and it was sad, in a depressing sort of way. I'm not sure exactly how to rate it honestly, but I think that it was fascinating. I would read it again, the writing style was incredible and I loved the way that the writer shifted between the past and the present, and the emotions loaded behind every scene and situation.
oh you best believe i CHEWED THIS ONE UPPPP and then suddenly i was just DONE! wow such a speed read!! definitely made me think “hmmm I should maybe be reading more mysteries!” i love a book that is just overflowing with british-ness, like the british-isms were practically bleeding from the pages, yes yes jolly good
very mid in my opinion... had some really interesting pieces, but also was really disappointing in other pieces and concepts were conveyed in a super obvious, in your face kind of way... I think this style of writing is just preferred by some people, but not really for me
the characters and their development felt inhuman and unnatural. I understand people change and adapt as time passes, but it really felt like a completely rushed second half
I really enjoyed this art style, and it was easy to get in to, but if I'm honestly the characterization of some of the kids kind of bled together for me? I felt like they were all very similar (in character, not looks) and I had trouble remembering which one said which thing in previous chapters (like which ones were hesitant, and which ones were bold about the new world they entered). Definitely left on a cliffhanger, which is not my favorite ending to a book, but I'll just have to check out the sequel
There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they're dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not hyperbole. When I feel like that, my head drops and my shoulders slump and I ache, I physically ache, for human contact–I truly feel that I might tumble to the ground and pass away if someone doesn't hold me, touch me. I don't mean a lover–this recent madness aside, I had long since given up on any notion that another person might love me that way– but simply as a human being. The scalp massage at the hairdressers, the flu jab I had last winter–the only time I experience touch is from people whom I am paying, and they are almost always wearing disposable gloves at the time. I'm merely stating the facts. People don't like these facts, but I can't help that.
Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. I felt comforted and uncomfortable, called out and understood. I was laughing and I did cry a little (at the end), and, perhaps most importantly, I was reading it very fast!
I'm always pleased when a book that is heavily adored by (it seems like) everybody and their mother actually turns out to be great, and worthy of the praise.
This overall was a good book. Fine would be the word I'd use to describe it. It was well written and passionate, you could practically hear her voice in the lines, but I felt as though she wrote it for herself. (thats fair since she IS the writer) I was hoping to get some honest advice in a fun, exciting way, that might help my life but instead it felt a little bit more like reading a biography that I was supposed to also find encouraging. I also would've enjoyed more exciting pages, rather than steady word flow, i was expecting more diagrams, photos, and things from Lilly. Overall this is a good book and I would recommend it, it just didn't play out like I pictured ( And i was excited about what I pictured)
really spooky and I honestly kind of regret reading it, because I definitely have more detailed nightmares now, but the art was really incredible, and the stories were interesting but SPOOKY man! I'm SPOOKED!
an interesting allegory/metaphor, and pretty great writing! I've never read anything by george saunders before, but I think I would again. If I were to change anything, there were just a few lines about how the ... creatures? humans? looked, that I would get rid of. They were just confusing to me, not helpful to the story overall.
book & cook club September Banned Books choice!!
I definitely read this in middle school but forgot most of it- this read through was great!! my fellow book club peeps thought it was boring, but I just read through it so fast that I didn't get bored. I can understand why it's a classic, and think people should keep reading it!!
an interesting read! Surprisingly useful advice included in a very easy to read formatting. I have a penchant for picking up any weirdly shaped books I come across at the library
had some clunky bits, especially in descriptions of settings, but overall i did actually enjoy reading it :) I picked it up because the book was fuzzy, I'm not going to lie, and I got a cute little adventure story of magical tennis!!
the first chapter really struggled to give me anything which is why it took me..... 0h my goodness it took me a year to finish that's insane
i wish she would stop talking about how this man smells.... like.... i get it, you get to smell this beautiful book-boyfriend but I DON'T so please stop talking about it!!!!
I wish I could give half stars here, because it was probably a 3.5.... I find it so difficult to rate books! so many parts of this were extremely enjoyable to me, and some parts were very.... not enjoyable, tbh. how do people just give books number ratings and FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THEM?!? I could never, honestly
I found this book interesting, and I read through it pretty quickly. I cannot say that I liked it as much as I liked Sharp Objects by the same author, but it was still an interesting read. I think there were some passages that felt weirdly phrased and out of place, although I can't recall a super specific example. I think the story was captivating (obviously to a lot of audiences, based on the general ratings) but I think the ending was lackluster and didn't give me what I wanted out of the book. It felt like a letdown because the author didn't know what to do with the corner she had written herself into.
Time to watch the film, so I can carefully compare and contrast, just like I did with Sharp Objects
this book was quite possibly the darkest book I've ever read, and yet it was incredibly fascinating the entire way through, it was like I couldn't put it down. I found the writing style the most enticing piece of it, and I would be interested to read more books by this author with maybe more light? humor? I'm not entirely sure if that's something this author has in their catalog, but the writing style was so incredible to me, I stuck it out through the dark and the sad and the depressing.
what i really enjoyed about this book was the hope behind it all. A rather deep and harrowing subject tone managed to really search out the hope in Minnow's story.
I found this book intriguing from the beginning, and that is part of why I picked it up (not going to lie, the other part was how small it was, reading long books is hard these days!) but it lost it's intrigue through the readtime. I think the intention from the author was to not waste time on explanations, but it eventually got old and I wanted to understand more of why the main character was so INSANE?! she was crazy!! and she kept doing awful things to people that cared about her. I never felt like she learned her lesson, and she was borderline sociopathic in her behaviors.
Sometimes I love a book where very little happens and it's a slice of life, a peek into someone's everyday craziness. this is not one of those times