annoyingtiger888's Reviews (344)

Let me start by saying that I'm not good at determining what is or isn't a spoiler, so to be safe - POSSIBLE SPOILERS ahead!

I really love Stan as a character, I wish he would have had a more important role or at least a reoccurring one! He's easily one of my favorites, and so is Lupin ♡

"I don't go looking for trouble, trouble usually finds ME."

One thing I noticed is that Malfoy wasn't very aggressive toward Buckbeak in the book. It was surprising, honestly. I get that Hippogryfs are proud creatures, but it seems like he didn't act nearly as aggressive as would be needed for Bucky to attack.

Honestly, I think this might be my favorite HP book. It has all of my favorite things - Lupin, Stan, Sirius, and of course, the Dementors ♡ I love those things.

Another thing that kind of annoyed me was Hermione. I get she was just looking out and being stressed about her classes, and that's she's supposed to be this goody two shoes straight lace character, but I got pretty damn upset when she told McGonagall about the broom. Like, her intentions were good, true, but that's not being a good friend, in my opinion.

"Perhaps we should think about dragons at the school entrance?" That would be so dope, please do that, Minister lol Also, did I miss something or just forget... when was there a giant ass squid in the lake???

"That brings her total of real predictions up to two. I should offer her a pay raise..." The sass in Dumbledore is real folks, and I love it! Also, wise Dumbledore. "You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?"

Overall, I'm really tempted to say this is my favorite year! And the ending, ahhh, I do love the fluff so much. Ron asking Crookshanks to sniff the owl is literally the cutest thing ever! ♡♡

Before we begin, I have no mind for what's considered a spoiler and what isn't so, fair warning - POSSIBLE SPOILERS ahead.

Kitty wants to throw the strays into an active volcano oh my grim, I fall more in love with this cat with every book lol Her attitude is too precious.

I really appreciate the Harry Paw-ter and Paw and Order references. Definitely boosted the experience for me.

So this book focuses on Politics and I just have one thing to say: ew. Even as a 26-year-old, that explanation of how it works went over my head and I was completely lost. Is our current youth that smart that they can understand this shit? I don't know, man. In my opinion, kids shouldn't be exposed to politics, especially that young.

I mean, I get that voting is important, but every time I've ever gone to vote, I get handed a list of names and items I've never heard of and voting is just a guessing game of who sounds trustworthy and who doesn't.

I didn't know that Abraham Lincoln was the first president to own a cat in the white house. There were a bunch of other presidents that owned cats, too, which I didn't know!

I only scored 5 on the quiz, which proves how un-smart I am lol And Edna is clearly anti-cat pro-dog so I already don't like her! I have a feeling she'll be coming back in later books, too. The little notes posted to add music were cute, too, I smiled at them anyway!

Finally, here's the form I filled out for Kitty to use! ;)

What can I say about this book? Before I begin, let me say that I have no inclination of spoilers, so POSSIBLE SPOILERS are ahead, read at your own risk.

I wasn't sure what to think when I started this book. I was worried I wouldn't like it, but then Death started to narrate the story and I was already hooked because I do love the one we call "the Grim Reaper". I didn't know how the story was going to go because I didn't read the synopsis before starting this book - crazy, I know.

I've never considered myself a history buff - history is quite boring to me most of the time, but seeing the words of this story laid out before me, even though it's fiction, describing what once took place so long ago in Germany... I feel wrong saying it intrigues me because I know many people suffered, but I'd be lying if I said otherwise. As an avid reader and writer, I felt a connection to Liesel as she struggled to learn how to read and write, before soon taking books and making them her own children. I became attached to the characters - I could feel them, as if they were standing before me, their stories and lives playing out like a movie before my eyes.

Markus Zusak is a true wordsmith. He brought life to words on a page, gave them feeling and a home. I didn't feel like I was reading a book, I felt as if I were there, experiencing it in real-time alongside the characters. What a magical experience it was. I worried when I first started the book because I had 7 days to read it, and it's quite a thick one - over 550 pages long. I feared it would be boring and I'd struggle to finish it in time, but my worries proved to be nothing more than just that. I didn't want to stop reading. I kept thinking about the book and the characters as I did other things. It feels as if I just started the book. It doesn't feel as if I just read 550 pages full of words.

I won't lie - this book hit me hard and I did cry. As I've said before, it doesn't take much to make me sob like a little bitch, but even so, it was like this book shot straight into my heart, clutching at it and holding it softly in its arms, just as Death had with all those he took during his time. I'd like to end off with a chopped up quote, but it isn't from the book itself, but from an addition from the author at the back. Even so, it hit me hard because I didn't even consider this as I read through this part of the story.

"The text of Mein Kampf bled through to show the story of Max and Liesel's friendship strangling the words of Hitler. He would paint over the pages. He and Liesel would write stories of friendship over Hitler's words of hate."

Words can not even express how this book touched me. An absolutely breathtaking read and highly recommended.