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*2.75
I think I probably would have DNF’ed this if it weren’t for the audiobook. I really enjoyed the world building, and the unique take on vampires as well as the romance between Tana and Gavriel, but that and the world was the only thing really keeping me going. I was struggling to finish this by the end; the plot became quite repetitive and nothing was really happening. Holly Black is still a phenomenal writer, and I’m excited to read more from her back list because the Folk of the Air trilogy is genuinely one of my favorite series of all time.
But if you are looking for a way to read this, I highly recommend the audiobook. It was well narrated, and even had sound effects + background music. Definitely a good Halloween or October read, but I’m a bit disappointed I didn’t enjoy this more. :/
I think I probably would have DNF’ed this if it weren’t for the audiobook. I really enjoyed the world building, and the unique take on vampires as well as the romance between Tana and Gavriel, but that and the world was the only thing really keeping me going. I was struggling to finish this by the end; the plot became quite repetitive and nothing was really happening. Holly Black is still a phenomenal writer, and I’m excited to read more from her back list because the Folk of the Air trilogy is genuinely one of my favorite series of all time.
But if you are looking for a way to read this, I highly recommend the audiobook. It was well narrated, and even had sound effects + background music. Definitely a good Halloween or October read, but I’m a bit disappointed I didn’t enjoy this more. :/
Wow this was really good. I really loved this entire book, and I really liked the audiobook. The writing was phenomenal and very atmospheric. Loved the ending, it was highly well done. This was my first Agatha Christie book, and I’ve been recommended her many times in the past few years. I’m finally glad I got around to reading this, and I’m excited to read more from her and watch this adaptation.
I’m trying to get through most (if not all) of modern Hawkeye comics, and this one is one people regard fairly high. I, unfortunately, didn’t enjoy it as much as others. That being said, I still enjoyed my time reading this. I think my disappoint just stems from how OOC Clint feels. He’s written way too seriously, and he usually has pretty similar humor to Deadpool. But his jokes, and usual idiotic humor were not at all present, which was unfortunately why I rated this lower. However, the lack of Clint humor is semi made up with Deadpool’s. I laughed at basically everything he said.
I was also surprised to see Kate in here, but she wasn’t an unwelcome addition because she’s one of my favorite characters. Her and Deadpool’s interactions were one of the only things I truly enjoyed in here. I was also a little disappointed by the ending, but it is what it is I guess. Not my favorite comic ever, but still solid.
3 stars
I was also surprised to see Kate in here, but she wasn’t an unwelcome addition because she’s one of my favorite characters. Her and Deadpool’s interactions were one of the only things I truly enjoyed in here. I was also a little disappointed by the ending, but it is what it is I guess. Not my favorite comic ever, but still solid.
3 stars
*3.5
I think I would have enjoyed this story more if I would have read it physically instead of listening to it. I still didn’t fully understand the magic system by the end of the story, which I think was more my fault for consuming this book in audio format over Leigh Bardugo’s fault. But besides that, I really enjoyed what I did understand of this story.
I really liked the flashback chapters honestly more so than the present winter chapters. Darlingtons POV was so fun, and he was such a good character to follow. I also loved his and Alex’s dynamic, and I hated how they didn’t have that in the present whatsoever. It really held the story together for me, and was probably my main enjoyment point. The chemistry between these two was also off the charts, and I desperately hope they have some romance in the next book, because I loved them so much in here!!
I actually think this book will have a lot of rereadability for me, so I hope I rate it higher next time around lol. Anyways, I’m really excited to read Hell Bent honestly, and I’m glad I waited so long to read this book. Waiting three years for the sequel would have been awful.
I think I would have enjoyed this story more if I would have read it physically instead of listening to it. I still didn’t fully understand the magic system by the end of the story, which I think was more my fault for consuming this book in audio format over Leigh Bardugo’s fault. But besides that, I really enjoyed what I did understand of this story.
I really liked the flashback chapters honestly more so than the present winter chapters. Darlingtons POV was so fun, and he was such a good character to follow. I also loved his and Alex’s dynamic, and I hated how they didn’t have that in the present whatsoever. It really held the story together for me, and was probably my main enjoyment point. The chemistry between these two was also off the charts, and I desperately hope they have some romance in the next book, because I loved them so much in here!!
I actually think this book will have a lot of rereadability for me, so I hope I rate it higher next time around lol. Anyways, I’m really excited to read Hell Bent honestly, and I’m glad I waited so long to read this book. Waiting three years for the sequel would have been awful.
DNF at 65%
This just wasn’t my cup of tea, personally. The book was very millennial heavy, and it just wasn’t my thing. Disappointed because I really wanted to love this /:
This just wasn’t my cup of tea, personally. The book was very millennial heavy, and it just wasn’t my thing. Disappointed because I really wanted to love this /:
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Do you ever just spend 10 years wallowing over the fact your parents split up for 6 months when you were young? Yeah, me neither….
So, I finally got around to reading We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This. And it was…pretty bad. Today, Tonight, Tomorrow is one of my favorite contemporaries of all time, so when I saw this book was coming out (back in like 2021 or something), I was beyond excited. And then I waited months to read it. I’ve finally picked it up, and now, I’m extremely disappointed.
I think my main problems with this book were our main character, and just how overall fucking boring this was. Quinn is one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever read about. She makes things so fucking hard for herself, and it’s so bad that’s it’s barely readable. She had a few relatable moments with her OCD, but everything else she did was so nonsensical and idiotic. Quinn defined every life choice and decision she made on her parents separating for 6 months when she was 8. She explains how traumatizing this was for her, but she uses it as an excuse to be a shitty person.
Time and time again, Quinn hurts the people in her life. She steps all over them, and makes them out to be the bad guy when she fucks up. And then she blamed it on her childhood trauma. Which is one of the most annoying character motivations to read about. It’s never done well, and it just makes a character look like an asshole rather a person with real flaws. And Quinn was an asshole, for the entirety of this book. She waits until the last second to tell her parents she doesn’t want to work for the family business and that she doesn’t want to go to college for it (which they already paid for), she fucks with her love interests feelings for the entirety of the book, and she whines that people don’t “see her”. Yeah, Quinn, they don’t see you because you don’t talk about anything, and you keep everything bottled up till the last second.
Also this was one of the most boring romance books I’ve ever read. For being a romance, there was so little romance and so many scenes with over-explanation, and little plot. The first 100 pages of this book (with about 320 for context) was just absolutely nothing besides paper. The only thing that really happens is Quinn complaining, and talking about her “failed relationships”. I think Quinn and Tarek (the love interest) have one conversation for about a hundred pages, and three before they start hardcore making out. These two have “past history”, but it wasn’t believable at all. We get two flashback scenes max about their past friendship. If anything it felt very instalovely.
And not only that, but Quinn spends the entire book with the conflict between her parents, what she wants to do after high school, and family issues. And it gets resolved in 25 pages max. The third act breakup happens within 20 to 25 pages of the resolution. It was just oddly paced, and it didn’t work for the type of conflict Solomon was trying to push the entire story.
I think We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This would have worked a lot better if there was more character interaction between Quinn and Tarek, and less page time spent on mindless descriptions and scenes. There were so many chapters I’d consider “filler” in here, where we could have gotten more chemistry between Quinn and Tarek. I think Quinn’s main conflict would have been more interesting, if she wasn’t so infuriating to read. Some of her conflicts were even a little relatable at times, but every time I thought that, she just continued to be an asshole again. I think what Solomon was trying to achieve with Quinn’s character, was quirky and relatable, with the “sad indie girl music”, her “quirky” style, and the overuse of Chris Evans references. But she just ended up making Quinn shallow, abrasive, and super childish (which was exactly what Solomon was steering away from).
I didn’t hate this story. There were some nice elements like OCD rep (which was highly relatable), the overall aesthetic with the wedding planning, and that fucking AMAZING 4 page Rowan and Neil cameo. But, I didn’t really like it either. There were so many things that made me annoyed, and also the Muslim rep that wasn’t really representation, it was just added…because? I’m not Muslim so I’m not going to speak to closely on this, but even to me it felt weird to add Muslim rep, only for the love interest to not actually practice? But anyway, if you want a better wedding planning story with a more fleshed out romance, and a decent MC, read Maybe This Time by Kasie West.
2 stars
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There aren't any words to describe how excited I am for this. Today Tonight Tomorrow was one of the best contemporaries I read in 2020, and this sounds so amazing. The cover is also just immaculate
Do you ever just spend 10 years wallowing over the fact your parents split up for 6 months when you were young? Yeah, me neither….
So, I finally got around to reading We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This. And it was…pretty bad. Today, Tonight, Tomorrow is one of my favorite contemporaries of all time, so when I saw this book was coming out (back in like 2021 or something), I was beyond excited. And then I waited months to read it. I’ve finally picked it up, and now, I’m extremely disappointed.
I think my main problems with this book were our main character, and just how overall fucking boring this was. Quinn is one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever read about. She makes things so fucking hard for herself, and it’s so bad that’s it’s barely readable. She had a few relatable moments with her OCD, but everything else she did was so nonsensical and idiotic. Quinn defined every life choice and decision she made on her parents separating for 6 months when she was 8. She explains how traumatizing this was for her, but she uses it as an excuse to be a shitty person.
Time and time again, Quinn hurts the people in her life. She steps all over them, and makes them out to be the bad guy when she fucks up. And then she blamed it on her childhood trauma. Which is one of the most annoying character motivations to read about. It’s never done well, and it just makes a character look like an asshole rather a person with real flaws. And Quinn was an asshole, for the entirety of this book. She waits until the last second to tell her parents she doesn’t want to work for the family business and that she doesn’t want to go to college for it (which they already paid for), she fucks with her love interests feelings for the entirety of the book, and she whines that people don’t “see her”. Yeah, Quinn, they don’t see you because you don’t talk about anything, and you keep everything bottled up till the last second.
Also this was one of the most boring romance books I’ve ever read. For being a romance, there was so little romance and so many scenes with over-explanation, and little plot. The first 100 pages of this book (with about 320 for context) was just absolutely nothing besides paper. The only thing that really happens is Quinn complaining, and talking about her “failed relationships”. I think Quinn and Tarek (the love interest) have one conversation for about a hundred pages, and three before they start hardcore making out. These two have “past history”, but it wasn’t believable at all. We get two flashback scenes max about their past friendship. If anything it felt very instalovely.
And not only that, but Quinn spends the entire book with the conflict between her parents, what she wants to do after high school, and family issues. And it gets resolved in 25 pages max. The third act breakup happens within 20 to 25 pages of the resolution. It was just oddly paced, and it didn’t work for the type of conflict Solomon was trying to push the entire story.
I think We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This would have worked a lot better if there was more character interaction between Quinn and Tarek, and less page time spent on mindless descriptions and scenes. There were so many chapters I’d consider “filler” in here, where we could have gotten more chemistry between Quinn and Tarek. I think Quinn’s main conflict would have been more interesting, if she wasn’t so infuriating to read. Some of her conflicts were even a little relatable at times, but every time I thought that, she just continued to be an asshole again. I think what Solomon was trying to achieve with Quinn’s character, was quirky and relatable, with the “sad indie girl music”, her “quirky” style, and the overuse of Chris Evans references. But she just ended up making Quinn shallow, abrasive, and super childish (which was exactly what Solomon was steering away from).
I didn’t hate this story. There were some nice elements like OCD rep (which was highly relatable), the overall aesthetic with the wedding planning, and that fucking AMAZING 4 page Rowan and Neil cameo. But, I didn’t really like it either. There were so many things that made me annoyed, and also the Muslim rep that wasn’t really representation, it was just added…because? I’m not Muslim so I’m not going to speak to closely on this, but even to me it felt weird to add Muslim rep, only for the love interest to not actually practice? But anyway, if you want a better wedding planning story with a more fleshed out romance, and a decent MC, read Maybe This Time by Kasie West.
2 stars
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There aren't any words to describe how excited I am for this. Today Tonight Tomorrow was one of the best contemporaries I read in 2020, and this sounds so amazing. The cover is also just immaculate
I’m to lazy to write a full review, but I’ll just put my basic thoughts down. This was really good tbh. I really enjoyed the characters, and their relationship. The trope here is best friends to enemies to lovers, and it worked very well. Also the sexual tension was astronomical and the romance was super cute. The writing style was great and this was a really fast read. Overall, this was really good and I highly recommend.
*3.5
I don’t really know exactly how I feel about Burn Our Bodies Down but overall it was a pretty solid read. The pacing was weird, and I thought the characters weren’t really fleshed out enough. Also, the ending wrapped up to quickly and to nicely in my opinion tbh. Nothing much happens till the very end of this, but the mystery aspect was pretty great. Although I definitely wouldn’t categorize this as horror. But aside from my complaints, this was overall pretty good. I still had a fun time reading this with all the minor issues I had, and I’m excited to read something else by Rory Power. I really love her writing and I love her weird plots.
I don’t really know exactly how I feel about Burn Our Bodies Down but overall it was a pretty solid read. The pacing was weird, and I thought the characters weren’t really fleshed out enough. Also, the ending wrapped up to quickly and to nicely in my opinion tbh. Nothing much happens till the very end of this, but the mystery aspect was pretty great. Although I definitely wouldn’t categorize this as horror. But aside from my complaints, this was overall pretty good. I still had a fun time reading this with all the minor issues I had, and I’m excited to read something else by Rory Power. I really love her writing and I love her weird plots.
