Nedy
3.5
Would love if they made these stories into a movie or limited tv series. It gave me black mirror/twilight zone vibes.
So oddly enough I really got into this book. I say it's odd because I actually began to like the kidnapper. The author did really well and making me basically feel like the main character, in the way that she herself is even conflicted a bit at the end. She knows what he did was horrible but yet she grew feelings for him. Would be nice of there was a sequel.
Finished this in a day. I didn't expect to like it so much since I rarely read about fae. This was so talked about a lot though as a non YA cozy read I decided to give it a try.
A warning: if your vocabulary isn't vast like mine, you will have to look up many words
3.5
Enjoyed the audiobook, it was narrated very well.
The characters were interesting and didn't get bored of any of them. The writer set the scenery in a way you can easily picture the house, the town, characters, and the vibe. It wasn't too long but the story wasn't rushed, it was done just right in length. It definitely wasn't what I expected.
The characters weren't intriguing. Addie is the most unimaginative person in the book. She wants to have her freedom (completely understandable) but yet she hardly did anything with it for over 300 years. To be fair i can understand it would be difficult to trick your way into many things like airlines for traveling but it seemed like she made everything difficult, for example, stealing a book when there's libraries around? Being broken hearted by not being remembered, yet always inflicting that pain by going back to the same people and have them meet you all over again.
I do not understand how Luc (the devil who made her the deal) even got interested in her. He is apparently ageless and has met countless people but yet Addie Larue is the girl whom you can't let go? Ok.
I will at least give her props for being determined not to quit and give up her soul quickly even after all her hardship.
As for the romance, it seemed like the only reason she even wanted to be with Henry was because he remembered her. She mentioned more how he didn't fit with her than why she liked being around him. Which is funny considering he always felt unloved or not enough. Addie basically just used everyone she came into contact with and tried to make herself the victim.
I didn't care who died or vanished from this book. The only time I actually felt any emotion was with her last visit to see her mother. I felt more bad for her parents than I did for her or anyone else.
This book should have just been called The Exploitations of Addie Larue
3.5
I was actually spooked from some parts and enjoyed his writing style. The ending although bittersweet wasn't satisfactory though. I was hoping for a better reveal though but there was an unexpected twist and good cliffhangers throughout.
No rating (I don't rate nonfiction. )
I took realizations about myself and my family from this and some good laughs. All in all, a good therapy session
Thoroughly enjoyed this. It kept me interested and the pace was good. The characters didn't bore me at all. I liked the writing style besides some areas that gave off a YA feel.
The audiobook made that worse since the narration made the characters sound immature, I wasn't a fan, so I recommend just reading it yourself.
I'm glad it was relatively short. It did have me wondering different scenarios of what could be happening but in the end I was not surprised and was not very clever IMO.
I did enjoy the characters even though Spensa was some what annoying at first, there was growth in her character. I liked M-bot. For over a 500 page book, not much happened though and only a handful of big moments came to be, the rest felt like watching a daily vlog of the same thing.
I will read the 2nd but I'm in no rush.
Good plot and had some good action twists. It felt a little dragged out in some chapters throughout the book. I got the most impatient towards the end and began to skim the pages.
3.5. I really enjoyed the 1st half but it turned out to be anticlimactic for me in the 2nd and I was not surprised by the revelations.
The structure of this being told in reverse caused more confusion than cleverness. The characters were not interesting to me at all and I couldn't have cared less at the end what happened.
