jess

6 FUCKING STARS

i adored this book from start to finish !!

absolutely loved the way millie was written, actually the way the whole book was written like i was so invested in the story????

i genuinely felt every emotions the girlies were feeling, anger, pain, FEAR

i literally threw my phone away to some point because it was so tense I WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE READING

the plot twists had me SCREAMING, and the ending was so beautiful???

it was just an amazing reading experience <3333

NVM im not about to read 200+ pages of non-consensual bdsm, i feel bad for her & i hate anne rice

dnfed 10%

im so disappointed

the novella was boring, the dialogues felt unnatural & the writing pretentious

its so crazy because i LOVED his other book (title is too long but you know which one)

but yeah, i literally finished it out of spite

dnfed at 8%

the narration feels disjointed, and i don't feel interested in the characters at all

the last pages were so ??? i literally gasped, like are we dreaming or are we fr doing all that ???

idk how to rate this book, it was so uncomfortable & heartbreaking & weird and i guess that's the point so that's good, right ?

but i really like this take on non-conformity, societal pressures & the strong need for escapism qui en découle. l'essence du livre est assez similaire à convenience store woman actually, which makes sense

they basically feel like they don't belong to society, et ne veulent pas se soumettre aux normes qu'on leur impose. so they decide to reject every “earthling” way of thinking, living and acting, thus totally embracing their “popobipianess” (completely forgot how to spell this thing)

3.5 stars, it was kinda entertaining but nothing out of this world. and i deeply wished mc could get revenge on her abusive family

i don't like the writing style, like really don't. it sounds really superficial & boring. and i hate books with metaphores in EVERY sentences please it just gets really tedious to read

dnfed at 28%

amazing premise but i can't get over that writing style, my head HURTS

i definitely get the creativity fatigue he talked about. the stories were meh, except for the weeping lady that was really good

basically a conversation on : self hate, self gaslighting, insecurity, jealousy & inferority complex (that turns into a false sense of superiority)

didn't love the characters, but i certainly felt bad for them, and for the way society transformed their very soul

a lot of heavy themes, a lot of psychological issues portrayed, and an interesting dive into the fragility of the human psyche

× yuriko was basically objectified from the way she was born, and thus accepted her deeply unfortunate situation as her essence, the reason of her existence

x her sister was so, so insecure god, qu'elle a dirigé cette haine envers sa soeur. i hated her behavior but its like i get you

× same for kazue, miss gurl turned her inferiority complex to some extreme haughtiness, never seen someone gaslight themselves this hard

its like, sure these characters are deeeeply flawed, all of em, but i really can't bring myself to hate them. si elles avaient vécu dans des conditions familiales & sociales différentes, im sure they wouldn't be the same

and don't even get me started w the men in this book god, rotten disgusting vile THROW EM IN THE NEAREST TRASH CAN RIGHT FUCKING NOW, ALL OF EM


^ btw who killed kazue, or did they go back to the apt & he killed her ???

^ & i hateeeed zhang's monologue, like sir nobody cares your grandpa had 5 goats shut up

2.5, for the plot

90% of the book was overly descriptive, i forced myself not to dnf it because of the plot but damn it was not a pleasant experience

the reveal was very predictable, still i wanted to see how it would actually play out & was def expecting something better than what we got

i really liked the portayal of denial & how we lie to ourselves when confronted to traumatic situations, the switch that happened in her mind when she finally accepted reality

very unsatisfactory ending but i get it

très bonne idée une bible fiction like this mais ça garde un goût d'inachevé

ch 127

the dread i felt throughout the whole series is crazy man

all the characters were flawed, some more than others (im talking about you crazy hag) but it just so compelling, i couldn't stop reading

also the artwork is just chief's kiss, he's just so good at portraying emotions !!!!

i need ch 127 to drop, for my own sanity

a fucking mess

too tedious & boring, can't do this. i guess its a “its not you, its me” moment

2.5

there's nothing scary about this, but it was an easy read and i was quite entertained

tried hard, like really hard but i can't get myself to like it. it was just so boring, filled with unnecessary details & somehow to dense for me

it's not you, it's me

dnf got bored, might go back at some point

loved the atmosphere but i don't really like books that leave me with a head full of questions :/

um

i thought i would absolutely love it
it definitely started out great but the characters just kept on being annoying & making dumb decisions

i get the guilt of mc but i don't get why she's go this far, why she'd risk her life for someone she barely knows, someone who literally set her up & refused to open her fucking eyes

im also deeply unsatisfied with the ending, i do not give a fuck about richard's trauma, it doesn't excuse what he did. electric chair period

& the plot twists in the last pages were so weird & unnecessary. it gave “im adding a plot twist just to add a plot twist”, absolutely no substance to it
actually most of the plot twists felt like that

i officially despise back to back alternative timelines

& this book just lost me idk, it just wasnt as good as i expected it to be

and a LOT of things were just trop tirés par les cheveux honestly, at some point i had to violently roll my eyes

it was doing too much, too many twists, too many reveals, too many turns, & those hallucinations? ass

very unsatisfactory read, 2.5

IM SO HAPPY I READ THIS !!!

the plot twist literally left me catching my damn breath on the floor. I literally GASPED.
and the ending ???? superb. id have cried & punched walls if what happened didn't happen.

the writing was also great, no unnecessary rambling, juste ce qu'il faut, did not feel bored at all.


no but imagine being so smart you create a chef d'œuvre like this ? damn god really has his favorites

don't like the writing style

very meh, & anne's a dumb bitch

whole thing would've been 200 pages shorter if she just called that damn police officer

also makes 0 sense how margot or wtv he's called got NO sort of punishment for his absolutely careless, selfish and stupid actions

2.5, took forever to finish

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH, IT WAS SO FUCKING CAPTIVATING

the characters ? INFURIATING, STUPID, DEEPLY MENTALLY ILL ( rachel, scott, anna, i beg seek help)

the plot ? AMAZING

the writing ? PERFECT, not once did I feel bored nor sleepy while reading this, which is quite rare

I felt so many emotions, rage, sadness, FEAR.

Sssssuch a good read !!!

(btw the cover is so clever lol)

such an amazing read !!

there was 6/5 stars stories like Louisa's (crushed my heart and made me feel so many conflicting emotions) Paranoïa (i was so immersed into the story, was feeling the same fear as the mc), The good wife (such a heartbreaking story on gaslighting & hope).

overall a very good collection !