Lindsey Ziegler

If you have Jodi Picoult write a blurb, then a twist is going to happen. And it did.

The characters weren't as developed as I hoped and Carolyn was far too forgiving.

2.5 stars

The twist came out of nowhere, which raises this up for me.

Otherwise, the characters just weren't that developed and were more than a bit stereotypical.

An interesting look from an adoptee at her life and her two families.

Part memoir, part history. Both sections bleed into the other and focused far too much on the author

There just wasn't enough here to keep my interest.

Very strong main characters, especially Eva, but I felt like both of them could have been fuller. There was a bit of info that I just felt we didn't get.

Overall, a very satisfying book, with fun twists and turns.

Efren seems so invisible to his parents. It's a hard story and there's no happy ending here.

A little predictable, but very entertaining, with strong characters

The way this book is organized is wonderful. It doesn't look at anything in a vacuum, but examines the throughlines as well.

More history needs to be taught like this.

And Jason Reynolds did a great job at making sure the material is easy to understand and easy to know why it is important.

I was forced to read this in high school and am extremely glad that our Social Studies teacher made us. Jonathan Swift is a master of satire.

Naya was a fairly likeable character, but the resolution felt rushed, with Jake and Naya just reconciling, even though they both blamed Naya. Jake was pushy and only realized that he did anything after Davis got involved.

Strong main character, but as we had limited perspective, there definitely felt like parts of the other characters were missing.

Fast read, with interesting characters (although they could have been more developed) and an intriguing (if predictable) plot.

An excellent book. The characters are believable and well-developed.

Overall, I liked this one. I was mad at all of the characters the whole time, but they felt so true to life. I kept waiting for Andrea to speak her mind and was very satisfied when she did.

Probably more like 3.5 stars. Fairly predictable and a little too much miscommunication for me, but otherwise enjoyable.

2.5 stars.

Just okay. Nothing really happened and I saw how much of the book was left and was like, yep, goodbye Lark... He was a convenient plot device to try and get us to like Ada.

I thought it would be about the boy, but he is a grown-up and the romantic angle was icky to me (he was sheltered and lived basically inside his whole life, there's no way he was able to fully understand the world).

A fun, quick read. The characters were interesting and well-developed.

I had expected more time loops, but it was still a good read.

A little slow to get into, but once the characters starting to veer out of the stereotypes, it was much more interesting and funny.

The plot was pretty predictable.

3.5 stars.

There's nothing new here, not really.

This is not a book to read straight through. It's best enjoyed a few jokes at a time. Unfortunately, I read it in larger chunks.

I would give it four stars if I had only read a few pages at a time. As it was, the jokes were fine, but there were too many to really enjoy when reading it like a book.

Beauty and the Beast meets The Hunger Games

First, Feyre is dumb. So dumb. And clearly meant to be a heroine, but normally a heroine has something going on outside of her.

Second, Rhys is not a good guy, no matter if he was trying to save the kingdom, he still drugged Feyre and sexually assaulted her.

Third, the riddle was so easy.

Fourth, there was only one named servant and in Beauty and the Beast, the servants are what help provide context and emotion to the story. Without them, it became repetitive and predictable.

And last, the sex scenes. Eew. No claws please.

Rather predictable. The only character that had any sort of development was Kate, the main character, but even hers was a bit sparse.

Matt and Kate had been best friends forever, before a night spent together in college ruined it all. It seems like both of them are stuck in space and time on that night, but nothing more is ever said about it, not between them.

And Richard. He was abhorrent and the poor date, he should have pressed some charges at best.

There just wasn't enough happening to justify almost 400 pages. The characters didn't change and all of the twists were broadcast so clearly to the reader that I just felt like the characters must've been idiots.