Fiona

This is the 3rd book I have read by this author and while I admire the world-building and creativity in his plots, TJ Klune's books leave me unengaged. The characters are too cartoon-like and I never actually care what happens to anybody so I end up skim-reading, just wanting the whole thing to be over. So I'm forswearing this author henceforth, despite all the love he gets from readers cause there are too many other authors on earth to enjoy.

DNF. Doctorow's editor must be on vacation cause this is just... ugh. Main character is a Gary Stu, info dumps all over the place, and if I had paid money for this book, I'd be demanding a refund. Next!

Sound premise but repetitive and very academic in tone so a bit of a slog.

Unconventionally charming. I love the concept and the execution was soft, gentle. Plot-wise, it's fairly predictable but the characters are not. Definitely will be reading Lamb's future efforts.

Fuuuck. I was not expecting that. I got this from the library because of the hype and I don't often do audiobooks because my brain doesn't seem to retain information delivered aurally but I'm glad I heard this in the author's voice. It's harrowing to hear what she went through; it's laid out in such a basic way, without caveats or excuses, that the trauma is obvious but never devolves into self-pity.

Really pretty artwork and very effective use of colour to tell the story. The story is very simple and sweet, about sharing stories with loved ones. Definitely want to read more by Guojing.

Given the title, this is surprisingly objective. Draper has done proper journalism here, interviewing subjects and witnessing events firsthand, and it makes for a good read.

Readable but the ending is abrupt and I am so fucking bored by the whole “will they ever get together?” trope. Definitely noping out on the series now.

I'm finding this way less interesting than I expected so it's going back to the library half-read.

I was expecting more philosophy and was disappointed.

There's very little meat on this bone; Doyle rabbits on for 22 pages before giving the first example of the problem he's meant to be examining. DNF at page 45 (but perused the epilogue) because it's so damned boring, recounting the Salem witch trials and telling us what others have said about cancel culture rather than actually building a convincing argument. (I don't disagree with the premise that knee-jerk social activism is problematic but fuck, present some facts already!)

Bite mark identification is the sole subject of this book and I noped out pretty quick cause the writing's not very good and the structure is terrible.

Interesting content but Browder's writing is mundane and tedious.

I'm less than a hundred pages in and so very bored by this; its unnecessarily covoluted and nothing has even happened. Having read some balanced reviews, I'm comfortable that I'm not missing out by returning this to the library at this point. I find Deonn's writing clunky and she described a character a being “drenched” in an outfit which grated my inner editor.

Alternates between being sort of interesting and tediously, recursively academic.

I think I will stick to LaSala's fluffier books henceforth cause I just didn't enjoy the creep factor at all.

DNF because it looks like a web cartoon that somebody zoomed in on buy nobody bothered to improve the image resolution and the pixellation is irritating af to me. So glad I got this from the library and didn't waste any money on it.

Given the hype I expected so much better. Zevin's early YA novels were so well-done but I find myself repeatedly disappointed by her adult forays. Tomorrow3 was like a second draft that needed to sit in a drawer for a year before being completely rewritten as something different. The structure was compelling initially but it wasn't sustained, falling over entirely come the climax.

This is a sweet little affirmation of female friendship and a timely reminder of why I don't have long hair anymore; I couldn't enjoy the book thinking how much time and energy was being wasted on hair.

I got forty pages in and I just don't care. I'm really finicky lately.

DNF at chapter 4 cause its just not that interesting and I have a shelf full of books that are possibly. Also I find the repeated references to P.G. Wodehouse grating.

I got halfway through this then skipped to the last chapter. The premise was interesting but the world-building was thin and the story just not interesting enough to hold my attention. Good characterization and the writing is engaging. I also liked the ending, despite my not knowing what happened after page 142.

A lovely bit of fluff. Henry is a very solid writer and I would pee myself with excitement if she branched out into other genres (like sf!) cause contemporary romance doesn't intrigue me these days.

Palette is ugly and the story is tedious. Stopped about halfway through cause I truly didn't care (but skipped to the end so I could confirm it was as predictable as I expected).

Well-written but I felt it was far too long; that might just be because I already know too much about chronic disease. Probably best appreciated by healthy people who need shit explained to them.