elizlizabeth's Reviews (242)

This book answers the question What if Tom Cruise Mission Impossible were a woman? a question that nobody asked but which given how entertaining the result, should've been posed ages ago. 10/10 would watch a movie adaptation.

Perfect romance read! I'm excited to read more from this author.

The characters were interesting, I think the mom could've been more fleshed out as some of her dialogue feels artificial -especially during the third act conflict. Unsure of how I feel about the portrayal of mental illness, but there's definitely worse out there. 
Teen me would've loved it so I would definitely recommend to the age group that it was intended for.

Many comments about female bodies rubbed me the wrong way but I thought it was only the main character being a closeted girlie in love with her best friend for all the Jolene-esque comments that she kept firing. Spoiler alert it's not, and it also barfed some disgusting transphobic and homophobic comments for laughs at which point I was done.
Disgusting, I'll stick with the version of this book that lives in my head.

A bit boring, probably because most of the drama happens in Emma's head. Overall it was ok, I just wish it could've been shorter or had a faster pace instead of shoving all the plot twists on the third act.

Audiobook version is so bad, which is sad because given the text format, it had so much potential. It’s only the main guy voice though, he reads everything in a deadpan way that quickly gets annoying (was this the point?). Footnotes are also read as part of the text, which overall lessened my immersion, as I’m hearing what “kin” means out of the voice of someone who reads LMAO as “le maw”.
That aside, the book is an interesting take on the true crime industry. It shows (exposes?) the many faced masks that “true crime content creators” adopt and is ruthless with every single one of them. The narrative forces you to reconsider as you read on the actual “true” crime so just when you think that you’ve found moral ground, it gets questioned again and again. Goes to show that there’s never a good ”moral” standing point in the matter or, in the words of fictional-disgraced-author Alec Carelli “the snake has eaten its own tail”.
Way to write a flop journalist btw, that guy sucks.

It was ok. You can really tell that Jenkins Reid has improved her writing overtime. This one felt a little too guided, almost self-helpy, but there's still the compelling character dynamic that's become her trademark. I think she did a better take on the multiverse premise than Midnight Library by Haig, this is the book I would've liked to read instead so if that's you I can't recommend it more.

Great production on the audiobook, immersive and creative. 
Pip is clever and decided, but also kind and caring which I think is what made the story work. Still, this book reaffirmed my prenotion that reporters are insane and have no self preservation skills.

Had some trouble getting into this one but I'm sure my attention span of late is to blame. Probably not my favorite of Austen's, nor the one I'd recommend for beginners but it was enjoyable. My only gripe is that the ending felt a bit rushed given how long we were building up to it, but knowing now how many drafts it went through I understand a bit better, sometimes you just want to get it done and gone!
Might be that the open-end quality grows with me overtime, I'm already delighted by the possibility of Mrs. Clay and Mr. Elliot grifter spinoff so we'll see.

I can understand it as a dark comedy, but absolutely not as a cozy heartwarming tale. Ove is not without many flaws which fine, but did the plot have to be so dull? It mostly hinges off bad things happening and Ove reacting to them, which got tiring after a while.
I have a bone to pick with the many slurs, fatphobia, and shrieking women. Might give Backman another chance to see if this was an Ove thing or an author thing but I have limited hopes.