ellemaddy's Reviews (1.09k)

More often than not, books with beautiful covers are actually good and Infinite Home is one of those. I read this months ago so I don't really remember much about it but I remember that it was surprisingly good because I didn't expect it to be good. I started reading this without even knowing what it was about. The timeline in this book is a bit confusing but other than that, it was fine.

This book is like a major PSA session for me, personally. Oh I love Jennifer Brown's writing. When I read this I actually experienced a second hand embarrassment from the main character. Basically she sent a nude photo to her boyfriend and they got into a huge fight because the main characters gets needy and then they broke up and the main characters friends trashed the ex-boyfriends car (or house? don't remember) and he got super angry and leaked the photo and sent it to literally...well everyone. First of all, I have to say it but boys are asshole and I don't understand them. Second of all, I think the theme in this book is very interesting because you get to know what happens when you send an incriminating photos of yourself like a nude photo. It's not just the shame but also if you're underage it's like distributing child pornography and that means you're breaking the law and the person responsible of distributing it will get listed as a sexual offender. And it's hard to get a job when you're listed as a sexual offender and it's like damning your future for something so stupid. I mean, before I read this book I had no idea about this stuff at all and I think that teenagers should read this book because it'll definitely help raise awareness in this issue.

When I found out that this book had already been filmed and Jude Law is in the movie I just had to read this before I watch the movie. My first impression is it was OK. I mean I know some people really love this book and I get it, it's definitely not just an OK book, it's better than that. But unfortunately I don't really like this book because of the character. It's just not my cup of tea. Most of the time I read this I just kinda want to hit myself in the face and burying myself alive to avoid the secondhand embarrassment because boy, Ripley is embarrassing. He's so shady and whiny. He's maybe the worst characters I've ever read about. I just don't care to know about what other shady stuff Ripley's gonna be up to next, I'm sorry.

I only read this book because I love Haruki Murakami's writing. I literally would read an essay about eels if Haruki Murakami wrote it. But I have to say that I do not give any shit about the characters. Tsukuru is super uninteresting. One day he got dumped by his friends and then he became super depressed and whiny. Only later on he found out the reason and it was a major what-the-fuck-is-going-on session for me like always whenever I get near the ending of Haruki Murakami's books. This is not his best work, but read it anyway if you love Murakami because dude is awesome.

I'm sorry to say that this was mind-numbingly boring and perhaps my least favourite from all of haruki murakami's book. I have nothing much to say about this one.

I'm not a huge fan of collections of essays and short stories but the opposite of loneliness was really good. At first you get the weird short stories about love (which I don't really care about) but then you get the one like Challenger Deep (so eerie and beautiful), Why We Care About Whales, and I Kill For Money and they're just so beautifully written and sometimes sad. I don't know about you, but reading The Opposite of Loneliness was an emotional rollercoaster for me.

The Strange Library was strange. It's not the best of Murakami's work in my opinion, it was OK. But it still has the same feeling as his other books, the magical realism, the bizarreness of it, and it was really atmospheric. I think the main reason why I don't really like it is because it's so short. It's 100 pages-ish and I'm not a huge fan of short stories.

The Princess Diaries is like PLL to me. There are so many books in the series but do I care? No. Nu-uh. I do not give a shit. I love it and I want more. But with a heavy heart I have to say that Royal Wedding isn't as fun as the previous books when Mia was a teenager. When she was a teenager it was like I could relate to her, but now that she's an adult I just can't. And I have a feeling that Royal Wedding is kinda like a middle aged woman who tries too hard to be the hip cool teenager. There are tons of pop culture reference in this book that I just think they're a bit lame and too much at some point? I just hope Meg Cabot will tone it down a bit in the next book but other than that this book is OK, still fun, and we get to see lots of Michael (CUZ YEEEEES I LOVE HIM).

what kind of ending was that!!!!!

this book was so gooooood. it was really atmospheric and it kinda reminds me a little bit of burial rites (which i really loved). Near the ending i was so close to giving this book 5 stars but then so much things got left unresolved, it kind of ended with a cliffhanger and it ruined the perfection.

The thing that bothered me was, what the hell happened with paavo? I thought something bad happened to him but apparently nothing happened to him. Second of all, this book has this black magic-ish kind of feel, but it goes absolutely nowhere. Some things were mentioned, things that felt important but there werent any explanation about them in the end. I really don't know how to explain but it's like it's almost there, but it's not ya dig? I just feel like it just doesn't live up to its potential, i guess?

About the characters: i love maija, she's just really strong and she's determined and i just adore her. To live with just two of her daughter and survived the winter with no one's help? That was amazing. I'm also kind of sad that i don't get to know what's going to happen to the priest because i got really invested to him (especially after i found out he wasn't a priest, after all!) All the characters were amazing, they're not flat and they just feel real to me, and again the atmosphere, man, what a beautiful read.

Would definitely tell all my friends and relatives to read this book.