RiffMonkey

I honestly barely enjoyed this one. It had good moments and lines, but also some really bad ones. I don't like the rules of the world as Rick has set them up. Like the cabins but also the whole counsel thing. Many people are incredibly unlikeable and/or unreasonable with no other motivations than being a dick. Side characters are often very two-dimensional in that way.  

I also didn't like any of the stuff between Rachel, Percy and Annabeth. It's such a cliche and not even a good one. Or the whole thing between Luke, Annabeth and Percy honestly. I could have screamed “just fucking talk” to my good like 10 times. I am glad this series is almost over because I am fucking done with it. 

I loved this iteration. It's about any characters that I already knew although there were some honourable mentions. I loved the idea of a place where things are lost just a giant library of lost things ready for them to be picked up when they needed them. And like many things in this series, there was another dark turn. 

It really felt like Ansty, with her experiences is being set up less as a student and more as a future teacher or caretaker of Eleanor West???s Home for Wayward Children. To replace Eleanor. I got that vibe anyway. I am so sad these books are not longer. I wish there were 50 more of them. 

It might be because this is a graphic novel, or because its one of the first books Sanderson ever wrote but I didn't enjoy it as much as his other works. It all went a little fast and confusing. I miss the long inner thoughts of the characters to really make sense of their motives. I think reading this in long form would make me enjoy it better because right now I didn't really care for the characters much. 

I had totally forgotten how much I adored Sanderson as a writer. As soon as I started this book I was obsessed and devoured it in only three days. Raorden and Sarene were great characters and the magic system of Elantris is amazing. I am planning on reading much more of the cosmere this year. 

I slightly disliked this. Maybe because it is the third iteration of this series but this book was both shorter and had fewer stories and more plot. Which is the opposite of what I liked about the last book. I still really like Chi as a character and their weird adventures and especially compared to the last two novellas this one is disappointing. 

I wanted to love this book so bad. But I really didn't. I mean it was fine in the beginning, although I usually prefer topics of queerness to be discussed without modern language. This might be a personal flaw though. I really like the ALC members and their group dynamic. 

However, it was a little too gory for my taste. I wouldn't even say this was horror really. It was just gross but nothing about it was scary. Especially in the end when the final showdown basically became Godzilla vs kong style. Only now it was Seraph and Dominion. It was very underwhelming. Plus how Benji moves and what he looks like is generally badly described. He is meant to be this monster now with a massive body but his friends can still casually put their arms around his neck? Fucking how. 

I was disappointed in the execution and ending and the gross descriptions aren't my kind of horror. I honestly wouldn't even describe this as dark.  

Initially I was really excited. I have wanted to read this book for a while. It was supposedly a complicated experimental, weirdly formatted horror novel that was ‘very scary' to quote a vague memory I have of someone somewhere saying that. But sadly it wasn't that great. 

First off, it really wasn't that scary. There were some parts that were scary, notably one in the beginning and one at the very end. However that was really it. The way this is told in this academic analysis of a film totally takes you out of the narrative. It not only does this in tiny snippets but also in giant pages and pages long chapters that really serve absolutely no purpose other than apparently explaining the nature of an echo for 20 pages. 

But besides that, this novel was incredibly sexist. All of the female characters are described as beautiful, they mostly all fuck Johnny for some fucking reason. Vividly described sex scenes in the middle of scary passages exploring a creepy house are not only completely unnecessary and not at all adding to the plot or the vibe or literally everything, but they also show the characters to be extremely misogynistic. Not only the natator but also basically every character in this whole fucking book. It is honestly a miracle I got through it at all. 

By the end reading this had become a chore because I could not leave a 700-page book unfinished when I was already halfway through. The idea was so interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the pages of passages describing the explorations and rescue attempts. However I do feel about 300 pages could have been sliced and it would legit be better. Those extra words didn't add anything to it and only made it worse. 

I am highly disappointed and I would not recommend this at all. 

God this was all way too dramatic for me. The main character was a total bitch basically the entire book except for the last 50 pages. The whole romance was super boring and honestly, I barely enjoyed the story. I really only barely needed to know the ending because the audiobook was easy to speed up. 

The vibes were really the only thing that rescued this. The prose definitely didn't convince me but the whole visual and vibe of this book were great. I wish they focused on the gods some more. The last couple of pages of this were pretty good when Truth and the other goods were introduced. A little communication could have sliced this book in half and I really do loathe the miscommunication trope. I will not be reading the next book. 

I've had the same thing with all these books. In the beginning, I was interested in the problem's concept and setup of the problem. But then it just takes too long and I get bored. The text is funny for sure, but nothing ever really has consequences and you can tell from the very beginning. 

These are all good in between good and just a little too mild for me. I need something more dark and eventful with consequences and crazy realisations for me to be really interested. 

I don't think I would have enjoyed this book as much if I wasn't reading it with other people. It started off very intense and you jump right into it. That made me interested in reading further. But as the story went on it became very convoluted and it sort of loses its impact. I didn't really care about the story or the characters that much. Especially the whole part on the oil rig. It was just a whole sequence of finding out Slade is a fucking asshole and manipulating Helena out of her own life. 

Then when Barry and Helena meet it's even worse. They sort of skip out on this whole falling-in-love thing. They tell us they are so fucking in love but that just falls out of nowhere. The book doesn't actually describe them falling in love. Which makes me not care about them. 

The whole lifetimes at the end, I also didn't really like. I don't really know why. Maybe because we only see it from Barry's point of view or because it just sort of seemed like pointless intensity. We all know that this isn't the end of the book so we know Helena is going to go back in the machine. So then nothing feels like it's as tense as they want it to be. 

Just like any book in the wayfarers series I loved the exploration of cultures and species and customs. And this iteration is probably more focused on that aspect than any of the others, truly exploring one group of people.  Their daily lives, their worries, their dreams. And although I found it a beautiful story I found it slightly lacking.

Because it was about so many different people there are always some you simply don't care about. I found that extra in this book because there really isn't an overarching story. All of the characters are mostly separate, only some interaction in some tiny way. I found it hard to be engulfed in the story because it wasn't really going anywhere. It wasn't leading you through it at all. 

I got the same magical feeling I always have reading these books, but the directionlessness made it harder for me to actually finish it. 

It was much more focused on sensitivity then I had expected. It made some interesting points and made me think about some things in my own life. Althought I knew much already about autism and ADHD so really the SPD stuff was only new. But I still enjoyed it.

When I read the first wayfarers I hated the fact that Lovey got reset and I don't even think about starting this book. But I waited a very long time and I am so glad I returned to it because this story was amazing. 

Not only do I love the exploration of cultures that seem to be a staple in this series but I love the parallels between Pepper's story and Cirta discovering the world in her new body. And the ending, omg. I felt homesick for a book somehow. 

I can't believe Luke is still in play. This whole thing is going to span the whole 5 books, isn't it? I feel like nothing happened in this even though a lot happened. Like any episode in some tv show where the characters did a lot but in the end, nothing really changed. I am also starting to get a little sick of the ‘random monster comes out of nowhere' thing this series keeps fulling. 

Kell did basically nothing this entire book. Lila and Alucard were basically the whole story. I liked the pirating very much. I always enjoy pirates and magical ones are even better. But I did hope that these characters could collide a little more. Rhy and Lila's interaction in the first book made me very excited for them to become friends but instead, they really only talk for two sentences in the whole thing. 

I also don't much care for stopping a book in the middle of a story much less in the middle of a single interaction. It felt like the scene wasn't even over. 

I liked the distinction between witches and wizards. Although it really only started kicking off near the very end so the middle of the book was slightly boring. I do really enjoy Pratchett's writing very much. 

I loved it yet again. The story was great and I am glad Hugh got over his self-pity and doubt because it was an immensely annoying character trait to listen to. I'm glad the book showed more from the other perspectives as well.  Like from Alustin and Talia. I am very excited to read the next book. 

I also loved that it include queer content. I am so here for Godrick and  Irrick. Though Irrick wasn't in the book that much it made me wanna reread it. It gave a whole other perspective as to way Godrick was so annoyed Avah had eyes for him. 

What a book. First off this was incredibly short. Which also means that the speed at which the story progressed was quick as hell.  The way the magic system is explained is great I love the endless possibilities this give. 

I also really love the characters. Tho I am not the biggest fan of Hughs self-doubting and general pathetic like behaviour and thoughts the ending gives me a hopeful outlook on the future books. I loved Talia, although I might be a little biased since she is eerily like me. And of course, Godrick and Sabae were also really cool. All the characters are diverse and have distinct features and traits. I loved seeing all of then evolved throughout the book. 

All in all, I really like it and was metaphysically on the edge of my seat at all times.  I was also screaming at it sometimes but regardless. 

As with all the books written long ago that I have read this book was horrible. First of all, it was incredibly boring. I could not finish it. I got halfway through which I think gives me the right to have an opinion. 

The stream-of-consciousness way of writing was horribly boring as well as hard to read. The whole reason I wanted to read this book is because it supposedly was very progressive and totally groundbreaking about gender, which I found to be absurd. How could anyone have ever said that about this book.  It isn't talked about much and never really goes anywhere apart from both sides of the coin talking about how weird and disgusting the other is. If anything the gender roles are even more pronounced in this book than usual. The main character comments on the seeming femininity or feminine characteristics of various people he meets, almost always in a condescending or insulting way.  

The whole political part of this was also terribly boring. In general, I wanted to fall asleep and could not get through this whatsoever. I think I will just stop reading classic for a while because it never ends well for me. 

The beginning and end of this is a little bit of a jumble. It's hard to understand what exactly happened in the struggle. But the major part of this story was great. Chih telling the tigers the story of the woman who fell in love with the tiger was very entertaining as well as a great tool to teach inconsistent storytelling. 

Although I choose to believe the tiger's story there is really no way to know which one really happened. And I think that is kinda the point. The interaction between Chih and the tigers was also pretty funny at times, you forget a little that they would kill them at any moment. 

The plot of this book is really all over the place. It starts with a bomb and you think, this must be some sort of mystery-solving story. But then that part is basically forgotten about completely as you get to know Mori. His character is very well done in general and the way he has a sort of reverse Alzheimers is very beautiful and sad. I have no clue what the point of Grace was, she is like the most hypocritical person ever. 

I loved the way it was less of a story with a set up, climax and ending and more of an exploration of the characters and their connections. Especially Mori and his abilities. I will definitely be reading the next book even though this isn't usually my kind of story. The fact that its queer certainly helps. 

From the moment I opened this book I knew I would love it. Stories within books within books is my absolute favourite thing. This idea that stories in any form are important precious things is lovely and I feel like I found that place here where this weight is shared. 

I will probably be thinking about Time & Fate and the Pirate metaphor and the Moon & the Innkeeper for a while. I feel like this book was a little bit made for me. I enjoyed it so much I am sad I finished it but the ending was perfect. 

What a great prelude for the last book in the series. Our main group got massive power-ups and the pact is a beautiful way to show they trust each other fully. Alustin is a no-good bitch I will not change my mind. 

I especially loved the worlds they travelled to. Getting to sort of explore these other forms of magic and other cultures was great. Like tiny novella's with different magic systems. The ending was a little confusing but I can not wait for the showdown with everyone. 

The atmosphere this book created was so magical I didn't even care what happened to any of the story. In fact, my favourite part was the chapters with Bailey and Her Tiessen. Which is also why this book broke my fucking heart. The way the author created the visuals in your head is just amazing. 

The way the two challengers are introduced is so cool. The juxtaposition between each other but also their tutors and their teaching style. Every detail was just beautifully done. It really shapes the narrative already just by the characters. 

Really the only thing I had some trouble with was the romance. I don't know exactly why but I didn't care that much for the main couple. Obviously, you know from the very beginning that they are going to fall in love, I mean it's some classic starcrossed lovers shit. But it just didn't do it for me. Perhaps because they were straight. That could have honestly been it, I don't know. All of the side characters were just better to me. 

All though I am noticing after a few days that it really didn't leave a last impression.

I feel like this is important for everyone to read. It is informative about asexuality but apart from that will also make everyone think and question their assumptions. I do not identify as ace and never will but this book makes me think about how society works surrounding not only sex but also relationships and general intimacy. 

It really made me consider what I want out of a relationship and why I even want to have sex. What the goal would be and how to make sure you get what you are looking for while being happy with another person. I have never been one to follow societal rules but having that validated like this is great. It can give you great insights about yourself I think.