Siarra
4.6 !
Very enjoyable insight on “the meaning of life” and happiness. I think the audio book version was perfect for the informational content - not bornong or dragging at all! Some of it was a little repetitive but still insightful.
3.7!
Listened to the audiobok and enjoyed it. Didn't blow me out of the water but I really like how the show not tell writing went. Almost played out like a movie and I think it would be great as a movie to be honest.
4.5! Fun and quick adventure. Loved Amina's character and all the magical elements that were presented through out the story.
Super cute and quick read. Audiobook is super good! The author does really good character voices !
3.75 - I really don't know if it's the audiobooks not doing it for me or if it's the actual story. I feel the same as Ninth House at the end... some parts were just lukewarm to me as well
Was a 4.5 but knocked it down to a solid 4. I think I'm a dumb for not fully understanding the ending but it seemed there was some loose ends. It was thrilling towards the end and kept me on my toes. Just wish it would've ended a different way?
Wow! The characters GO. THROUGH. IT! It was a whirlwind of emotions and events maybe in correlation to the Hokusai wave? Meh, I suck at literary analysis but I really enjoyed this. Every time I picked it up I could not stop reading. It was hard for me to put it down. I teared up twice maybe but didn't cry! Proud of myself but I wish I had
This is my kind of writing and story!!! Loved it, so weird, such a vibe, just
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This is my kind of writing and story!!! Loved it, so weird, such a vibe, just
4.5 stars but I'm rounding it up lol this is my kind of story and the pacing was great (short chapters!) It kept me guessing until the very end and love that it is based off of true historical people and events. It took me forever to finish because some parts were not as interesting to read as others so I didn't find myself wanting to find out what happened right away. But loved the descriptions and Gothic style writing. Big thumbs up and will definitely pick up other books by this author when he publishes
it's between 3.75 and 4 stars but rounding up. Im really glad I got to read this. It seemed like every time I picked this up I just wanted to keep reading and wanted to know what would happen. It did read slightly YA to me at times and some of the things that happened toward the end seemed to happen just out of convenience instead of with any substance/conflict/depth (if that makes sense). Overall a really cool story, nothing like I've read before (Im not a really big fantasy reader anyway), so, I think it's a great beginner fantasy read.
Happily giving this 5 stars! Wow! So SO GOOD! The author writes persepctive so well and I think that is what kept me intrigued. She tells a story so well too, so vividly. I'm a lover a true crime so the premise was interesting for me but she also somehow made it so real sounding and hauntingly beautiful! This reminded me of a book I read in high school called Tenderness by Rober Cormier. It had touched on the main guy being a seemingly “good” guy kind of like Ansel narrative - so interesting. For me this book checks all the boxes !
4.4 - I really enjoyed this story. I knew I'd be a lover of magical realism and whimsical writing and this is a great example I think! Loved the emphasis on family and the superstitious aspect -being a hispanic/Latino descendant I very much related to that. I think the ending was a bit rushed (the climax of the story was shortish) but overall, very great listen on audiobook!
3.8 - very much enjoyed the writing in this! It's a super easy and accessible read (really should t have taken me two-three months to read lol). I'm glad I read it but not quite a 4-5 star read for me.
2.8 - man I really wanted to like this book... I have to agree with the reviews that say it was so drawn out and boring at times and like what even was going on at some points?? Idk maybe I'm just not mentally equipped for SGJ's storytelling but overall it didn't hit for me the way I wanted it to. It was like a reading rollercoaster where I was really into it the writing and understood what was happening and the rest was just like wtf am I reading? When did that happen?
