Loredana
Out of all the books by Douglas this one is my least favorite one. Even though it is very interesting I prefer when the author is concentrating on praticular stories to tell rather than generalities like this one.
The writing is very good and clear. The author is compationate and gives advices to the reader to prevent some accidents.
In this next book about the Baudelaires, the orphans try to make research to know more about VFD and other informations the Quagmire triplets gathered. But of course Count Olaf would not leave them alone.
To be honest I was a little disappointed but this book. With the end of the other I really thought that much more informations and actions were to come. But it was still enjoyable, it's easy to read or listen to and I love the characters and the writing that bring so much humour in this quite dark story. I will obviously continue.
I think that I don't need to explain what this book is about. Everyone talked about it and I wanted to read it since a long time. And I don't regret it !
First of all I liked the background Thant mixed reality (Barack Obama as former president) and an imaginary following with a woman as president. It was refreshing that our world was not completely distorted.
I loved the characters that are quite relatable, funny and adorable. I really loved Henry who is shy and cute but also cocky at times.
Then I liked the part about Alex searching for his sexuality and realising what he likes and exploring which is such a normal thing to have doubts about love and sexuality.
The writing was really good, with angst, emotions and fun. The perfect mix to keep the reader interested.
And finally I loved the relationship of Alex and Henry. That are so sweet with each other, and the description for their feelings and sensation when they are together and have sex. It's not as smutty as some books I have read but it was perfect ! I highly recommend it !
Dylan is a song writer working with her current boyfriend Jett. Until she sees him with another girl in her bed. But things are not as simple as just walking away with her things. She is bound by a contract to write 20 songs for Jett. That's she finally share a house with a sexy fireman.
Men in uniform are just my weakness, so when I saw this trilogy I just had to read it. During the first 100 pages I was not convinced, it was good but I was not completely into it. Until the fake dating trope made it's entrance and then I was living for it. The characters are great they both have flaws, complexes and things they have to work on. But they also have this great chemistry that I liked. It was a really great mix of romanticism and sexiness. The writing was good. Just a really good romance, fun and easy to read, I completely recommend.
I am a really big fan of mythology no matter which mythology. I know quite a lot about Greek mythology and wanted to know more about Norse one because I started getting into it to write a paper and then spend a year in Norway. And to be honest the cover was perfect !
Although I really liked because it was really well written : easy to understand and more written like a story than a textbook, which I was a little afraid of. But I really think that I made the right choice by listening to it as an audio book rather that read it as a physical book. Neil Gaiman is a really good narrator. It was a really good invitation to Norse mythology that I recommend for this who are interested.
this book tells the childhood and early adulthood of Hannibal Lecter.
I read this book for the reading rush, for the prompt “read a book that inspired a movie you have already seen”. So I already so the movie, one of my favorite of the whole Lecter saga. And I must say that the movie is quite accurate to the book.
This is not an easy book to read even if it is not horrible either. The beginning is harsh for little Hannibal and I can't deny I felt pity for him. To me the whole plot made sense with the rest of the story of Hannibal. But it was rather long, a good 60% to 70% the story doesn't really go forward and thankfully I saw the movie before because otherwise it would have been really boring to me. With that the writing style is really detached and cold to asserts the emotional death of Hannibal so it's kind of boring in the beginning.
Other than that I found the characters well developed and the writing easy to go through.
This is a really cute book for children. The story is set in a big area, where they protect fantastic creatures. It's magical and really easy to read for children, the plot is easy to follow and understand and brings a moral in the end. It's cute for adults during a long commute. I really enjoyed it and think it is perfect as a gift for a child.
Oo this is the second book of the infernal devices trilogy. I decided to listen to it on audio and to be honest I am glad I did. To start with it was not a bad book. The universe of shadow hunter is interesting and the plot overall is also interesting, it is well build and written.
But I think that so many people are so in love with the universe in general that every time I am just waiting for something incredible but no.. The first 60% of the book was rather boring, nothing really happened, the plot was not really moving forward. It made me feel that the book was too long, at the end even though I did not hated it I just wanted it to be over, and I was not even reading it physically.
And then my “problem” with the book was the love triangle. I am really not a fan of love triangles, I avoid them because it will probably ruin the story for me. It did not ruin this book to me simply because like I said before nothing happens for a good portion of the book. I was really frustrated with the whole story : the indesition of Tessa, the whole demon story of Will. I place some hope in the final book to have more action and the resolution of the plot, and I cross my fingers that the love triangle won't be too much of the plot.
I just think this particular trilogy in the whole universe was not really for me, because the universe is pretty cool.
Once again the Baudelaire children escaped Count Olaf on the last second but lost their friends for it. In this book they are sent in a village where all the inhabitants are supposed to take of them. We soon see the “craziness” of the adults, they don't listen to the Baudelaire and force them to work for the town an enormous amount of time each day. But we quickly have some news of their friends, the Quagmires.
This particular book is a real turn of event for the rest of the series we start to see it of something bigger that just the unfortunate adventures of the orphans. They also take a big decision at the end of the book. The rest of the series promise to be different from what we are used to.
This books is clearly among my favorites of King. First of all I loved the dynamic and plot of a (former) detective looking for a criminal. With that I loved the fact that there are both points of view, hodges and brady. The point of view of brady always gave me chills because how disturbed it was. But King also managed to keep suspence all along the book even with both points of view. Characters are complex and have background history to complete the story which I loved. The whole plot was, to me, well written, without burning steps to make hints appear like that. Once again a good book that many people could enjoy because it's mysterious and not too dark.
As her roomate is leaving to live with her boyfriend Zoe is looking for a new one. She was not expecting the ex of her current roommate to respond to her ad.
At first I just felt it was a good average romance. Nothing really stood out of it. But the last third of the book really made for the rest. It was romantic but too cheesy and neither too smutty. I loved the fact that they are taking it slow with their relationship, moving forward emotionally before anything else, making it really romantic at some moments. I also loved that the problem they are facing in the end is not question entirely their relationship but more how they are going to work on it. Their relation felt real and I loved it.
This book was the book I needed. A perfect setting, vacation like and deep characters.
This book has really a great balance : funny moments and funny characters, but it also has great characters with real depth and issues that are universal. It talks about abandonment issues and trust issues due to past relations. The great gesture of the end got me really emotional too ! It's really a book that I recommend especially during those times.
