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OH MY GOODNESS, THAT WAS SO GOOD! I will try my hardest to make my brain work in order to process the things that I just read because I'm totally in shock right now.
Lost Boy, is about the “true” story of Captain Hook before we knew him as Peter Pan's greatest enemy, but he's not immediately called Captain Hook from the start, he was once a boy named Jaime. Back in their old days, both Peter and Jaime, were just boys. They played together, did all the fun together and they never grew old. They were the best of friends until Jaime realizes that Peter was not a great friend after all, because Peter is nothing but a liar, a manipulator and he never cared about any of the boys that he brought in the island.
This is a perfect retelling where the story we used to know was completely interchanged. We get to see how Jaime's love for Peter has blinded him from seeing how dark and monstrous he actually is. This book literally played with my feelings. It made me treasure the friendship that Jaime and Peter had and it also made me frustrated and angry because of Peter's selfishness. Now, I can fully understand where Captain Hook's hate towards Peter is coming from. I don't have anything much to say except everything in this book is exceptional and I can't wait to read more of Christina Henry's books in the future.
Well, that was pretty weird. Unfortunately, this book didn't do much for me. I thought that this will creep me out but I ended up not feeling anything. Although, I found the exploration of the house to be very interesting but the ending ruined it for me.
I enjoyed Penance but not as much as Confessions. I don't like to compare both books but because the atmosphere, the tension and how the story is crafted is so familiar (it's by the same author, DUH!), I just can't brush it off. As I said, I enjoyed Penance but there are some parts that made me feel kind of iffy about it. I liked the tension, the character development, the different character perspectives and the overall tone of the book. What I didn't like is how the story kind of went on a tangent of some sort where in random reveals or plot twists were thrown into the plot that came out of nowhere. I also wish that we get to see the murderer's perspective because I think that that would be more interesting and could've been made Penance even better, in my opinion. With that regard, I still think that this book is solid but just didn't blow me away.
I like the writing and the concept but besides that, none of the characters stood out to me and the plot didn't astonish me. I also didn't like that there's a romance thing going on. I thought that the story would focus more on Holly's character development. Although it did, but not until she met Ethan and it took her five years to realize that she was a terrible person back then, in which I thought was ridiculous. I can see why so many people love this book and I get it but it's just not for me.
I wanted to like this but unfortunately, I ended up being bored most of the time.
The plot... well, its very cliche and mediocre and nothing happened. Its divided into three parts but Part 2, is so unnecessary if you ask me. I was so bored the entire time that I've had multiple thoughts of DNF-ing it.
The characters... they're all bland and one-dimentional. They try too hard to be these “cool and smartass misfits” in space. I was rolling my eyes non-stop for the frequent mentions of Tyler's dimples, Kal's braids and purple eyes, as well as, the constant weird curse phrases in Auri's perspective. Speaking of which, she reminded me so much of Eleven from Stranger Things and she's supposed to be the “hero” or the “chosen one” in the story but I don't see that in her? Also, she's so annoying.
The POVs... didn't concern me that much. I listened to this on audiobook and I highly recommend it. It has a complete cast for each character and it helped me a lot to not be confused.
Overall, I'm disappointed and I will not be continuing with this series anymore. But the book also received a lot of good reviews and praise so my opinion doesn't really matter. This took me so long to finish and I'm glad that I'm finally over it.
What a terrifying and gruesome story!
Misery is about an author named Paul Sheldon who had an accident after he finished writing his latest novel and later was rescued/held captive by his number one fan named Annie Wilkes on her remote house.
I like this a lot and one thing that I have to say is that I was freaking out the whole time when I was reading this book. The psychological horror in this is so strong. I kept on rooting for Paul and I feel so bad for his character especially because of the torture and trauma he had experienced. Annie's character is so terrifying and she's all around crazy. Although, the story takes place in the same setting the entire time, I was still intrigued and I wasn't bored by it.
The reason why I'm not giving it full 5 stars is because I was struggling with Stephen King's writing at the very first part of the book and I didn't care that much about the “Misery” chapters, but aside from that I have no other complaints.
This volume is the only one that I rated below 3 stars so far. I thought Niragi's gonna have a change of heart but somehow he became worse.
This book is indeed funny and sad at some parts which made my eyes misty. However, it didn't really hold my attention that much. But, I still think that this book is good and is definitely worth the hype.
I've been reading this for so long and I finally finished it! This is a very fun and an action packed read! It definitely had me on the edge of my seat. I happened to be confused at first but when I was a few chapters in, I started to understand what the hell is actually going on and I was constantly surprised with the happenings in this book. I totally love the author's writing style. The pacing is just so perfect and I love the characters so much. They're all these bad-ass teenagers but with their own distinct personalities which made them so amazing. To be honest, I was quite hesitant to even start reading this, but I'm glad that I did! And you best bet that I will totally pick up the second book right away!
I've read Uzumaki by Junji Ito two years ago and it easily became one of my favorites. Unfortunately, Gyo didn't do much for me. I was not invested in the story and I felt nothing, thinking that this will be spooky or gut wrenching. Its not. The explanation about the germ and stuff were not fleshed out well and that made me ask more questions and were answered with little information and unconvincing ones. Its weird but not the type of weird that's mindblowing. The only thing that I liked from this is the art style because DUH its Junji Ito. Overall, I still enjoyed it but not enough to be worth more than 3 stars.
The whole book made me so frustrated. The writing is dense at times, the characters are as interesting as a loaf of bread and are dumb as hell and the story didn't elicit any emotions from me aside from being bored out of my skull. I really wanted to like this but we don't always get what we want, I guess.
I didn't love the plot of this as much as Six of Crows but it is still so damn good!
4.5 stars
I wanted to love this as most people did in the reviews but I did not get this at all. I read this while listening to the audiobook in hopes of immersing myself to the story but it obviously didn't work. I was expecting for a creepy and scary haunted house story but instead, I got the story of two wealthy families (and their relationships) while owning three victorian summer houses, which is kind of boring in my opinion. It felt like nothing really happened in this book. I was also having a hard time connecting with the characters and I'm skeptical towards India, especially, because it doesn't sound true and I just can't believe that a thirteen-year-old girl can talk and act the same way as a mature, thirtysomething-year-old woman. In addition, how many times did the author imply to the readers that Odessa is the ~only~ black character? I mean, I get it but no need to shove it infront of my face for fifty times, Michael. The third house that is slowly devoured by the sand was interesting to me, but as I was reading, I was quite confused why it was the only one being haunted. And all of that ‘eat my eyes' thing? Sorry, but it was so lame. Overall, I realized that maybe this is the time for me to shy away from gothic horror books for now because clearly, it is not the type of horror for me.
First of all, what is with this book and the word lick? I guess that's the author's favorite word? Anyways, I love how this story took its turn from the usual retelling of The Little Mermaid, where instead of a lovely mermaid, we follow the story of a merman and on his quest to find his true love. Although, the premise sounds good, the story turned out to be average, which I still enjoyed reading. The first 50% of the book definitely dragged and it only picked up its pace on the second part. The main character is flawed but I love how his character was developed as the story progressed and the love interest is... just okay. He's this kind of Robinhood wannabe that steal things and helps the poor and those who needs help. The main reason why I picked this up is because of the romance and sadly, I didn't feel the chemistry between the merman and the pirate. The writing is, for the lack of better word, interesting. This is still a pretty good read if you want to kill some time and if you enjoy smut. YES, there's smut in this but not necessarily fish sex.
i'd been reading this for so long that it kind of lost its “magic”, but holy shit that ending
I was rooting for you! I really like the first section of the book and thought I would like it until the end but then it got to the middle part and I completely lost my interest and was not into it at all. The writing felt so tedious and I struggled connecting to the story. The multiple character POV in this one didn't work for me because there's too many of them and I don't really care about the other characters except maybe for Claire and the cannibalistic family. I would've enjoyed it if the author explored a bit more of Claire's thoughts being the only survivor and also Luke's guilt that is slowly eating him. I read this while listening to the audiobook and props to the narrator because if not for him, I would've DNFed this.