elizlizabeth's Reviews (242)

Liked it more than what I was expecting to. It gave me early seasons Grey’s Anatomy vibes with all the drama sprinkled with little pockets of happiness. Modern fairytale, the way soap operas are.
Did Lily “break the cycle” tho? Well… no, but much like a TV show, this shouldn’t be your source of information on domestic violence and abuse. Still, I think that (at least on this one) the author did a good job at broaching the issues to a mainstream audience with a good amount of nuance, empathy, and respect for the victims.

Main character NOT a monsterfucker. What is even the point of falling for a vampire if you're not gonna have the moral conundrum of eternal life in sin while your body runs horny.exe on the background.
Beyond that, zero effort was put into any of the writing: the characters are cardboard, the pacing is all over and there are so many historical innacuracies that I wonder if the author did any research at all or just winged it. How this reached publication is beyond me.

It was ok, a bit boring. Clunky plot, like one of the newer Netflix romcoms.

This went into a different route than the one I was expecting but it was gratifying either way. I wish more people were talking about it because there’s so much to unpack from so many angles, would be a fantastic book club read.
Do heed the content warnings though, especially if you don’t enjoy dark themes being explored in media.

PS. For the four people that both read this and watched Our flag means death: I have such a vivid image of a steddyhands crossover that I’ll never get to writing but that played in my head simultaneously to the actual book plot and I needed to share with the class.

Lacks so much self-awareness. Didn't like the MC a lot to begin with but then she insta-falls for the dude and they? pokemon flirt? It's so nonsensical. Also kind of annoyed with the "footnotes" but I could've overlook that if it weren't for the racism claims while also being racist.

The narration style has different POVs all tangled into a single stream of consciousness voice so in a way it felt similar to To the Lighthouse -if the former weren't such a bore. 
I liked it much more than if it were just a whodunnit type of book for the way it manages to weave several themes into the plot. Can't say much else without giving stuff away but definitely would recommend, especially if you liked other works by the author.

It was ok. Good prose, can't say I really cared for any of the characters by the end of it.

I feel like the second act conflict felt a bit rushed in its resolution, which took away some of enjoyment I had so far. I'm also not the biggest fan of explicit sex scenes on books, less so in audiobook form (': but that one was my own fault for going in blind. 
Overall I'd say it was a fun read; I like the author's sense of humor a lot and loved the way it dealt with a disabled MC without making it the only topic of the book nor the opposite of magically healing her. Will probably be reading the rest of the series.

Al parecer lo había leído anteriormente pero por alguna razón mi único recuerdo de la trama es la fiesta a la que Georgie y Neal asisten. Es una novela romántica, nada del otro mundo pero para pasar el rato está bien.

No comments. Wonderful book, I had a blast.
Audiobook version (which I used to follow along) is also amazing quality, clean recording and loved all the different voices.