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The premise of this book really excited me but it was so long and so slow. Towards the end it did pick up and was quite interesting and at times very stressful but honestly it could've been so much shorter
4.5 stars. This was incredible. A book I will recommend a thousand times and scream from rooftops for everyone to read.
Technically a 4.5, but emotionally a 5 if that makes sense? There are some technical aspects of the plot and the story that fell short, but the emotional ride that this book took me on (coupled with the fact that I stayed up until 2am to finish it) made it a 5 star read.
3.5
I wanted to love it so much more. It truly was so strange and creepy, and I loved the design of the book, all the little details were so fun. But the ending really disappointed me. An extra line or two could have finished it properly but unfortunately the ending me feeling dissatisfied and lowered my overall rating.
Somewhat useful but I won't lie I started to skim read because it was getting repetitive
This was a ride honestly and I still can't even process that ending
lowkey though... I knew it
This collection of mini comics depicting the relationship between a vampire and a werewolf was so cute, sweet, and funny. I flew through this and enjoyed every bit of it. I'd love to see more of Elsie and Jimmy!
so so fun! I loved the alternating timelines and all the drama and the way we jumped to see what each character was up to. although the end kind of fell flat for me, it felt like it was building up to this huge ending (and, don't get me wrong, I loved the ending) it just wasn't the big explosion I was hoping for. still enjoyed every second of it, though!
Read for the first time November 2021
Reread December 2022: solidified the fact that this is absolutely my favourite book of all time
I hate myself for not picking this up sooner. The world building and Marie Lu's writing was so enchanting and beautiful, and I adored the sibling relationship between Nannerl and Woferl. I also really appreciated that there wasn't a romantic plot line and that the emotional aspect focused on family. Anyway, such a gorgeous book I loved it and would definitely recommend it!!
Love love love love love
So stupid for not borrowing the second volume at the same time because I need to continue it now!!
Never has a book tugged on my heart strings so much at the same time as giving me goosebumps from the creepiness. I had chills and tears in my eyes the whole time. This book deals with grief and fears so. well.
I adored all the characters and their friendship warmed my heart. This is a new favourite, I love it and am definitely looking forward to more from Daka Hermon.
The premise of this story excited me so much I've been waiting to read this for a while! I loved Sankofa's characterisation and her development through the story, I felt so much love and empathy for her and found myself really invested in her journey. The writing was so good and I found the plot to be so interesting! although I was disappointed by such an open ending and not getting any answers, I had more appreciation for the overall story so I'm not too fussed about it but would love to read more of Sankofa's story
Solid 3 stars. It wasn't bad necessarily but I wasn't a big fan of Julie and the way she acted in spite of everything. I found her to be quite selfish and rude (especially to her also grieving friends and family???) and although I know part of that was her grief that she needs to get over, even after that I just didn't care for her character. (Like when she claimed that the reason she decided to hang out w her grieving friend is because she “has empathy because she's a writer”??? And only bc he offered to pay??? Then she proceeds to buy THREE SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM??? Grief doesn't make u entitled and greedy). Her relationship with Sam also felt slightly flat, like I didn't really feel the sadness or the yearning between them. Their conversations were really cheesy and felt superficial. I liked the side characters much more and cared more about their relationships with Sam than Julie's - although even with Mika and James who get to speak to Sam the emotion felt... off? I was really disappointed by the lack of explanation behind the phone calls too. My heart aches at the concept of this book but the execution unfortunately just did not do it for me. That being said though I probably definitely would have loved it if I had read it when I was 16 and can understand why people would love this book, but there were just a few too many things that bothered me and I was disappointed that it didn't make me cry like it promised to. So yeah. 3 stars.
2.5 stars I think? I don't really know how to feel about this one... it was creepy in places but confusing and annoying in others, and was just overall a lot but also nothing? I feel like this would've been better had it been longer and more fleshed out