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Precise rating: 2.5 ⭐
I wasn't necessarily bored reading this book, but it felt very bland and shallow. My opinion on President Snow didn't change and it rather felt like a fanfiction. The characters, including Snow, were pretty stereotypical and boring, which didn't help making the lovestory feel believable.
I liked part 3 more, though, and thought the ending was alright. All in all, I still enjoyed diving back into Collins's universe, I just hoped the book would show more of Snows path to the point where the rebellion around Katniss starts, not just the start of his career. But of course that's my personal expectations and not everyone's expectations can be met.
Precise rating: 3.5 ⭐
I've read this book in Swedish, which is not my native language, so I can't really say anything about the writing style. But the fact that I've read this book in just a little more than two weeks in a language I'm not even fluid in and enjoyed it massively speaks for itself.
I'm a little bit unsure about the ending, though. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.
It was definitely an interesting experience to read this book. To be honest, there wasn't a lot of new information about how to write that I haven't read anywhere else already. But that's not really Lamott's fault, since, in the end, the key to successful writing is to just do it everyday – or bird by bird.
One of the best dystopian novels I've read so far. I love how Atwood didn't really explain anything, instead it was shown merely by the protagonist's experiences. And it worked so well that way!
I don't agree with many of Atwood's political opinions (and therefore I, for my part, was reluctant to read this book worrying about it being too feminist), but The Handmaid's Tale turned out to be very differentiated and surprisingly unbiased – which makes me recommend it even to people who might not be so fond of feminism. ⚖️
This was interesting! Whatever I had expected from a sequel (and I really hadn't expected a lot. Not because I thought it would fail, but because I couldn't think of any way to continue the story of the first book), this was not it!
But I really enjoyed this book! I see it as a story that gives us updates on all the known characters' lives. This book isn't necessary in the sense that it answers any open questions or concludes the story – Call Me by Your Name still works as a stand-alone book. But Find Me does expand the universe Aciman has created (without ruining it) and is a feast for my sappy heart.
What a journey! When I heard this book would be about Lyra some years after the original trilogy, I didn't expect at all what I eventually got to read!
I loved how this wasn't just some other adventure happening to Lyra. There were characters from both La Belle Sauvage and His Dark Materials whose significance I only found out about in this book where they got their own plot lines, bundled up wonderfully into a thrilling story!
But damn that cliffhanger!
Precise rating: 3.5 ⭐
This book was a big surprise for me. After reading the Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke, I realised that I really dislike her writing style. This book though ... it was written so much better! And even though I knew the story already from the movie (that I really love), Funke added just the right amount of extra story to it. Here and there, I was reminded of her bad writing in Inkheart, but at other times, I was touched and even almost cried at the end.
