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I absolutely loved this book. It was exactly what I was looking for. It's a really cosy book, I imagine especially in winter, even thought its mysterious and some fuck up shit happens. The characters are amazing, and I loved Wendell with my whole ass heart, what stupid idiots they both are. Magnificent, amazing, I cannot wait to read the next book. 

I wasn't expecting there so be this much romance, and although I didn't mind it there were definitely some cheesy aspects that I didn't love. But in exchange for this story, I don't really care. It was great.

What an amazing story. It was dark and funny and heartwrenching at the same time. It felt so amazingly real. Like you felt all the emotions while it was happening. I wasn't expecting a perfect ending either but I am satisfied with how it ended up. 

One of the best books I have read in a while and definitely one of y new favourites. But not for the feint of heart. 

The story stared out very slowly but I was immediately into the characters. But then it never really sped up and the characters, mainly Ruth didn't really grow and stayed the way they were, which wasn't very nice or lovable. I also found most of the side characters quite boring. 

I liked the mystery of why things happened that way at Hailsham but then the ending was a little underwhelming. Although I did think it make a big impact. Because the carers they spoke to were so very wrong. They felt so right but they were still scared of them. They sort of felt like they should feel a certain way and fought for that but they didn't see them as fully fledged people with souls. It felt so wrong and icky when reading it but it was so well done. Miss Lucy was right in the end and they got to know that. 

So I had a hard time getting through this book and didn't really love it but I think the ending is really well done, although it makes the whole story feel a bit pointless. But then maybe that's the point, I don't know

I am feeling very mild about this story. I feel like there wasn't really a point to it and it ended very fast and abruptly. The whole deal went very quick and I didn't really get what happened. I feel like the ending which was really the most interesting part could have been a bit longer and better explained. 

I had a hard time with this story. It was kinda confusing how it ended as well I didn't really get it. But there were some really good reveals that I enjoyed.

This book was not even enjoyable, it reads and feels like young adult and not in a good way. The dialogue and story is incredibly cringe and the romance was also badly done. I really can't with the prose. Usually I don't read romance, but it can be done very well. This was not that. I didn't like any of the characters and I really didn't give a fuck the entire book. Sorry

As far as a story goes, it's fine. However as a short story I think it could do better. The ending is something, unlike the first short story in this collection but still there wasn't really any feeling in it. It felt like all build-up and rushed ending. 

Shallan was amazing in this. I loved her already in the first book but she barely in it and very timid. I loved her attitude in this book. I was a bit frustrated with the characters, no one knew about each other and they kept everything secret, which is the most annoying thing. But it did make the ending more satisfying, for sure. Good these books are long, but they are always worth it. 

This is barely a story. Nothing happens. And the weird prose in between everything is very weird and not great. I didn't like it

I enjoyed this book. It was very interesting and I learned a lot. As far as non-fiction goes I think for me to read it that would have to be the minimum. I didn't disagree and think any of the points made were nonsense or incorrect, which is a plus. It was however very dark. I mean I don't really know what I expected when I picked up a book about cults but it when in with suicide cults immediately and the end of that chapter was quite a read. As with most of the non-fiction books I have read, though, it went on a little longer than I would have liked. 

This book was another reminder of why I don't read young adult novels anymore. I thought most of the dialogue and story line, especially related to the romance parts, were immensely cringe. They were all so childish and dramatic. The writing was so focused on making the ‘indie' kids be super silly but them super important. Which I think was the point but I didn't enjoy it. The characters were also not very likeable, especially Michael. The concepts was good to start but focused too much on the wrong parts for my taste. Like why were the adults so quick to dismiss everything but then simultaneously vaguely mentioning their own histories with magical shit. Could've been really good, I was disappointed. 

I loved this book and I think it is a great sequel to the first one, although it does not surpass it. I love Easton as a character and Miss Potter, and loved to see them both return. The new characters introduced were also great, The Widow especially. The way the story was told was good and made it really suspenseful. The vibes were also immaculate. The superstitious things that the Widow was going I enjoyed thoroughly. It was definitely less creepy than the first book, but fungi will do that to you. 

This was a fun story to read, I didn't super love it, but it was definitely entertaining. The historical aspects were a great addition, who know a bear fought in the war. 

I never know what to say about Sanderson books anymore. It was good as always. I enjoyed the characters and the story, and loved the universe. It's just all good. 

I liked it. It took me longer to read than usual, but then I also have much less time than I used to. It was funny and quick like any Terry Pratchett and the plot was great, though a little slow in the beginning. Great ending too. After 500 pages of something like this though, I do crave some more serious and deep stories. 

I don't remember where I found this book or why I wanted to read it. But I was disappointed. Reading this book was honestly exhausting and there is quite literally no pay off. The writing isn't good and very clunky to read. The world building is non-existent, literally nothing is explained throughout, the idiocy of the characters pissed me off to no end. 

They mention how different the main character is from the other women about a million times, she is constantly put into the context of how she has never known things, and yet constantly defining her by things from a world she doesn't below. And very bluntly making that contrast, which I think pointless. It could have been so cool, but all the story does is say ‘look how different she is because no men'. There is even a scene where she touches herself but can't ‘go in' because her hymen is ‘blocking' the way. Which isn't how hymens work, by the way. They could have made her totally detached from any gendered expectations. Such a waste of a concept. 

Then the story also really went nowhere. Nothing ever happens, the relationships aren't even important, the story is written completely emotionless and nothing about why or how any of this happened gets explained at any point. She just fucking dies and that's it. Waste of my god damn time reading this book. 

I was so confused by this book the entire way through. I didn't know what was going on all the time until the last couple of chapters, at which point I couldn't place any of the characters into context that would make the ending scenes meaningful. I think I missed most of the book in that way. The writing was okay and the story premise, once I got it, was actually quite interesting. My interest and opinion of the book changed so much throughout reading it that I cannot really give it any more of a rating then average and vaguely enjoyable. 

I actually really loved this book for several reasons. I loved the way it explored all these different alien cultures and explained both the bad and the good of almost every one of them. There were a lot of characters but all of them had their own stories and relationships. Tho there were many characters and species to keep track of which made it a little harder to follow the story. 

I feel like the way they introduced Ohan was a little rough. Rosemary is surprised by the plural pronoun (they) which is just incorrect. They has been used as a singular in language for longer than the plural form and also used in the book. It seemed like this and other parts were supposed to be a comment on gender but it failed at that. I realise that they as plural is correct in Ohans case but it's poorly introduced.  Especially since this has the LGBTQ+ tag I am kind of disappointed.

I also didn't like the way to book left off the characters. Most have gone through some big attitude or personality changes very last minute. The character development went very rapidly sometimes and now it is just left totally unexplored. Which bothers me especially when I know the other book in the series stars two totally unexplored characters. I would have love to know more about Ohan, Corbin, Jenks, Ashby and Pei, and Rosemary and Sissix.

I found it hard to get into this story, I was kinda uninterested in the beginning. I got into it slightly, but by the end I was really bored. The characters were also not very likeable to me. The only redealing quality would be Hero which I loved as a character both for its representation as well as their personality. I found many of the characters/the writing style to be overly dramatic, which is mostly what really bothered me. Not going to read the sequel. 

I think this is the first book in the series where I was genuinely confused for a moment because you had to know quite a bit of what happened in earlier stories. I am really glad we finally got to see Kade's world, however briefly, although all the worlds in this were very brief, which I didn't like as much as having just a stand alone of a world. 

I really hope they come back to Kade again, although I do want him to stay and help the school, he is not as hated in his as he thinks, and I would love to see him explore that. I am also glad Cora got back to hers. I didn't love her as a character, so it's perfect for me. I enjoyed the novel but as always, and especially this time, it goes way too fast and is over way too quick. And now I have to wait a whole year. 

This book wasn't what I thought it would be. I enjoyed the story and the characters, and assumed it was going to be some sort of love story, or a haunted house situation. Maybe What Moved the Dead has inaccurately shifted my expectations. 

I really enjoyed Miriam as a character and her development what great to read even before she came to the house of hunger. I am really glad they started the story there. At first, the background of her family and life didn't really make sense to me, but it added beautifully to the story later on. 

I did hope there would be some more explanation of what exactly happened and how this all came to be. Everything was explained, but it feels nonetheless like there should be more. Making the bad guy show no indication and then suddenly be completely evil, seemingly without reason, is very frustrating storytelling. I just wish there was more lore and something more complicated going on. It made the last couple of chapters slightly disappointing. 

I was so excited for this book. I really love a door fantasy but this really wasn't what I was looking for. The main character barely does anything but sulk and read for the first 3/4 of the book. I got so bored it took me ages the finish. 

It also acted like things that were obvious from the start were plot twists. The main character doesn't seem to realise anything untill its slowly explained to her or just never at all. It was very frustrating to read through. I had such high hopes but alas it wasn't a succes for me. 

I actually really like this book. I thought the things Chess was doing and the way the player all responded differently to the NPCs was really interesting. However, almost everything happening outside the game, like with Nate's grandpa or the idiot game guy who went to search through his life, were annoying. Especially Casey from the company doing literally anything else than just talking to Nate. I really hated the ending for that, and I don't know if I will read the second book if it comes out. 

I loved the characters and the love that is described between them. It is so much warmer than it is usually because of that. However, it made me remember why I stopped reading YA books. The fact that they are kids and have no power and have to listen to their adults in their lives. Still learning how the world works and all that is very annoying to read about. I think that story and world building were very rich, but just slightly too childish for be to truly enjoy it. It was very well written and the characters and story were great, don't get me wrong. 

I have mixed feelings. The beginning of the book was quite funny, but I was under the impression Basil would be in it more. But really it ended up being pages and pages of Lord Henry spouting his ridiculous, nonsensical philosophies. I don't love reading about unlikeable characters. I wouldn't put Dorian in this category, but Harry definitely.  

I also was struggling somewhat with the way dialogue is written. I think older books do that more often, where one character was a big part of just speech and then nothing else is described in between. No physical reactions, facial expressions or thoughts or anything. It made it feel emotionless and slightly tedious. 

I did really like reading about Dorians descent into madness. And this morals turning on him. I would say I enjoyed it the book, but it wasn't in the way I would enjoy something that isn't a classic.