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this was fine, definitely the weakest one out of the 3 I've read so far but I still liked the couple and plot
4 stars purely bc I've never heard of magdalene laundries before and this book made me go into a rabbit hole to learn more. it was also well written and and I love the small community atmosphere in this one. so short yet made me care abt the characters and I feel like I know them which is insane and impressive to me
3.5
man this is a hard one to rate so i might change it eventually. i loved so many things about this one: leah's chapters, the relationship between leah and miri, the atmosphere, the writting; but then there were so many boring chapters that made the book feel like it's 400pgs long. i love everything sea/ocean themed, especially in horror, thats why i think im willing to rate this higher than i should (and also bc its a lesbian horror novela and thats my fav subgenre of books). also this reminded me so much of the game called “iron lung” and the movie “the shape of water”
3.5
unlikely friendships will get me every time. i liked this alot, especially the second half of the book, but i think it was too short for me to get invested enough into the story and the choppy chapters didn't help either
as a “housewives of beverly hills” enjoyer, this was a great read. fun and entertaining, predictible by the end but i didnt mind
peak written by a man book vibe. the only reason I continued was to find out what was the secret AND THEY NEVER REAVEAL IT so now I'm annoyed (idc that that's the point of the book, it wasn't good enough to begin with to justify that lol)
2.5
im sorry this was very boring. i get the point but in my opinion it was done poorly. this would do better as a tv show probably but as a book its just kinda a slog to get thru
i loved the beginning abt their childhood and the whole war plot was amazing, but everything between kinda put me down a bit. also i didint connect with their relationship as much as i wanted to bc it happend too fast for me to care about it. i still love it but cant fully give it 5 stars bc of things above
not rating bc i think most of this went over my head but my god the last chapter made me so sad. i think I understand what the book is trying to say, especially after reading some reviews but I still don't know how to feel about it
i picked it up randomly and couldnt stop reading. the writting was so beautiful and there was so many passages I highlighted and related to. i dont wanna rate it bc its a very personal book so it feels weird but i loved it and it made me tear up a couple times
2.5 stars
as a bisexual person this was dissapointing. it was very millenial and cringy at times, made me roll my eyes alot. i guess maybe i would recommend it for someone who is not queer but interested to learn something? but even then this book has a very narrow view of things in my opinion.
4.5
THIS WAS SO GOOD!!! finally a good and fun thriller. i dont give books like this 5 stars, but it deserves at least the 4.5 for not dissapointing me
no clue what it was about but i enjoyed the experience and the atmosphere. not a fan of the last 10%. love the writting and the audiobook was great too
4.5
i enjoyed reading this book so much, it was very atmospheric and eerie at times. the plot twists were very good and i didnt guess most of them. its so close to 5 stars to me but at the end of the day I didnt have that feeling inside me after reading. still great and i recommend, especially during winter!
it was fine. first half really had a grip on me and I read it in one day but then the rest of the book was just like idk dragging and here I am a week later finally done. i think the story just wasn't interesting to me, I didn't care abt a single character and they were all annoying and the only thing that kept me going was the cheating aspect but it wasn't really that interesting after a while. hate to compare it to normal poeple but I highlighted half of that book and think abt it everyday and abt all the beautiful sentences and conversations and this one just didn't have it in my opinion