elzbethmrgn's Reviews (667)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

2.0

I wasn't feeling this until about half-way through, but that's par for the course with me and Sanderson. Definitely in the middle ground for YA - teen goes to school and in the process overcomes past demons and grows up, but without the requisite romance which was SO REFRESHING. I will definitely be comfortable with my almost-teen reader reading this one.

A Song for Arbonne

Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Fry Chronicles

Stephen Fry

3.0

You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead

Marieke Hardy

2.0

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Jenny Lawson

3.0

Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places

Eric Campbell

3.0

Call The Midwife

Jennifer Worth

2.0

Reading this book highlighted just how good the television series was - I already knew most of the stories. The charaterisation of Sister Evangeline didn't sit well with me, it seemed that the author went out of her way to uncharitably point out the humourless, damp, uneducated side of her, with no real insight into the person she really was (although as she pointed out, Sister Evangaline didn't have the time of day for her, so it's possible she never discovered who the Sister really was.)

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