Skylar
Such a fun read!!! I was sad when I realized I only had the epilogue left to read. Not going to lie, I'm really hoping for this to be a series.
Parts of this book definitely had me thinking “wtf am I reading” but overall really enjoyed this book. Very Crimson Peak vibes and I'm here for it.
Wow. This was a hard book to stomach.
The struggles this Mom faces are very real. PPD coupled with an unsupportive partner will never make a mother life easier. I honestly cannot believe all the hate I've seen this Mom get as what she was experiencing is a very real thing.
The author did an awesome job at putting you into her head and feel her emotions throughout the book. Every time her husband brushed her off it filled me with a deep sorrow for her.
So many things were done right in the book and really there isn't a great way to broach the topic. If you have an aversion to raw emotions or child loss maybe stay away. If you've never dealt with PPD or are judgemental towards those who experience it, spare your negativity and move on.
She has very real struggles that are so relatable whether or not you abuse any substances. This is not a light listen.
This book brought me back to high school again. The teenage drama was almost too well done. Wonderfully written book on one persons struggles as he navigates living in a world as a black transgender. The inner turmoil with the main characters gender identity even after starting the transition was a good addition to drive home the fact that so many people struggle tor longer than one mat expect
I am only knocking off stars because I feel like this book had too many point of views with too short of chapters in the beginning. It was hard to really get a feel for each character and the significance their story brought
I feel as though this book touched on a lot of interesting topics, but did not delve into anything fully. This book lacked any strong emotional connection to any character and I found myself wanting more of everyone story because of this.
I'll start by saying this was a well written book however it was all over the place. I felt like I didn't know what was going on or the significance of the chapters until midway through them. It almost seemed like each chapter could stand alone as a collection of short stories more than one interconnected book. I'm still trying to figure the last chapter out. Maybe I'm missing something.
2.5 ⭐
I didn't hate it but..... It lacked depth in every sense. If there was more in any area it would have been a lot better
This was adorable. Fans of Kiki's Delivery Service would love this one. I will definitely keep reading these.
I'm pretty disappointed with this one. I have heard such rave things about it and was excited to dig in. There was a groundhog day theme, but was barely referenced throughout the book. It might have been better with less focus on her “mistakes”/needing a miracle do-over and more focus on developing the characters and storyline.
This book just didn't hit the mark for me. It was very predictable. None of the male characters (aside from Drew and his hubby) had any redeeming qualities and the women all experienced some sort of sexual assault. I do think the reality and depiction of rape culture was pretty accurate; I just find that the characters all fell too neatly into the narrative she was trying to set. This caused the book to lack dimension and provided little opportunity to connect with each character.
This likely would have been better for me personally if I grew up with more exposure to Julia Child or France and French cuisine. This very much romanticizes French everything.
For once I liked the second book in a series better. Also really glad that the ending didn't have an insane cliff hanger but still kept me intrigued enough to want to pick up the third book
This one just jumped right in. Little recaps which is good when you're bingeing a series
Wow, just wow! This was incredibly enlightening as to what rape victims have to endure and the failure of our legal system. If you're wondering if you should read this.... You should.
This was a super fast read. Wasn't sure what to expect going into it as this isn't the typical book I go for. At first it seemed very YA and kind of bad, but I do like how it touched on the topics of sexual identity and how confusing that can be for a younger person. I also really appreciated the teacher basically telling those kids to mind their own business when they were speculating.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. I feel like most of the characters and relationships felt very shallow. some of the relationships in the book seem very unrealistic – not something that adult friends/significant others would act with zero remorse or further mention. There was a twist in the book that I felt like came completely out of left field.
I may be alone on this thought but David deserved better than what he got. Dannie was completely oblivious to the fact that he would have done anything for her and in turn strung him along for the 5 years. Quite tragic he did not cut out sooner.
I did enjoy that it came full circle, but it kind of seemed all for naught.
I wish there was more than solely different perspectives that back up this is indeed a problem that needs to be looked into more. This is something I want to dig into deeper.
3.5 - this book was a really slow read for me. During the first 3/4 of the book I did not like a single character. I found them all pretentious and just so selfish. I did grow to like them in the end. I liked that everything was intertwined and made sense in the end, but it seemed like a stretch initially reading it.
Wish there was more about the club to build more of an attachment to the “need” of it for each character. Also, would have been nice to know the other people's fear like we found out Rachel's.