Sheila Sanchez
I picked this book practically at random as part of Amazon First Reads for the month of Dec 2021, and I have to say I loved it. Being an immigrant myself, I was able to identify with Preeti's identity conflict. I loved the way the author describes life in India. I was transported to a country I've never been as if I was right there. What a great gift!
There are things that I really liked about this book, like the characters. And things that I didn't particularly liked, like the convoluted plot and unrealistic resolution. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading this book right until the point when everything went to hell and then was resolved in less that 12 hours.
I received a free copy of this book as part of the Novel Suspects Insiders Club.
Iz and Warren Wilby are magical investigators in a city full of secrets, mystery y, of course, magic. I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this story. I also appreciate that the magic system was very well developed and explained. I particularly liked the characters. I love how Iz and Warren are so different and complement each other so well.
I will definitely continue on with this series.
Okay, so this is one of those books where what you think you know is not even close to reality. Every chapter reveals more horrors within the walls of 16 Cheyne Walk.
I am so relieved now that I have finished reading this book. And yes, you can say that there was really no mystery in this book. We already knew what happened. We suffered through it in the first book along with the characters. I think this book was more about resolution and peace of mind (mine particularly). I am very fond of the Lamb children. I believe they were the true victims in this tale. And I am happy they finally got closure.
I read this book for a book club and I have to say I liked it a lot. It was an emotional rollercoaster and I loved every minute of it.
I am completely in love with this book! I just adore Junior and Rowdy... and their friendship... and their rivalry.
“I mean, you have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too.”
This book will definitely go on my re-read pile. I can see myself going back to this book again and again, and loving it just the same.
I really loved this book. I read this book for my book club. It was nothing like I imagined it would be... and I am so happy for that.
This book was funny, and heartbreaking, and inspiring... and so, so good.
I love the characters and their journey of discovery, self-acceptance, personal growth and forgiveness. I absolutely love Elizabeth. I admit that, more than once, I wanted to tell her: “You don't always have to swim against the current. Sometimes you can play the system , instead of fighting it”. But I am glad she would never had taken my advise. She would never have compromised her principles to make it easier on herself.
And I love this completely unlikely family she was able to gather around her.
“Let's say supper at six, then,” Elizabeth said, not wanting her to go. “The home lab. Everyone—you, Wilson, Mad, Sixty-Thirty, me, Harriet, Walter. You'll need to meet Wakely and Mason at some point, too. The whole family.”
In one word: boring. But if you want more words, I'll say that I hated the main characters (both) and the ending was just absurd. I'm not gonna waste my time with the next two books. Goodbye Mr. Gray and his 50 Shades of Whatever!
I really liked this book. I think it was very cleverly written. While I was reading it I thought probably Alice needed some group therapy when she returned from Wonderland. Also Wendy when she came back from Neverland. I think no one will be able to go to a magical, wonderous place to then come back to the “real” world and carry on as if nothing had happened. That's why I think this was such a great premise for a book.
I also think that the characters are very interesting and so detailed. I can't wait to read the second book in the series.
I got this book as part of the Prime Reading First Reads for the month of March. I was very excited when I read the blurb and I though it was very promising. And, don't get me wrong, I liked the book, I liked the story and I liked the characters. I particularly liked Elizabeth. It's just that the story felt rushed. I wish the author would have taken more time into making us develop a connection with the victims. Because I think that should have been the main point of the book, how Elizabeth got into the story and into the mind of the killer, until she started to understand his thought process. But we had so many side, unimportant plots that we were not able to focus on the killer and the murders, and they became the side plot. In the end, everything was solved so fast that it was very anticlimactic. And this may a me problem, but I kept hoping for more.
I have to say I liked this one a lot better than Everything and the Moon. Ellie is such a good female lead character. She's strong, independent, stubborn and is not waiting for prince charming to come and save her. I also liked Charles very much because he was not the typical overbearing and arrogant Earl who thought that every woman was supposed to fall at his feet. I liked the fact that they needed each other, so they entered in this marriage of convenience at the same level and neither had the upper hand.
I usually don't read non fiction and I definitely don't read memoirs. But when I heard about this book I knew I had to read it. Then I learned that the audiobook was narrated by Trevor Noah himself and I instantly knew that was the only way to fully enjoy this book. And I have to say that I enjoyed this book very much. The stories are interesting and the narration is engaging. His experiences are so different from my own that it's almost unbelievable that we grew up in the same planet, but, at the same time, are extremely relatable.