goatsrsexy's Reviews (604)

I was a big fan of Libba Bray's beauty queens when I was a teenager, a satirical novel about beauty queens stuck on an island for nefarious capitalist reasons. People To Follow gave me the same vibes but it wasn't really on the level of Libba Bray. Which is fine. This was a silly, campy, very fun to read book. Not everything worked for me, but I enjoyed it and it was pretty suspenseful but I think the ending was a bit convoluted and over the top. Overall it's definitely worth reading if the plot sounds interesting to you but don't expect it to be memorable. Arc provided by Netgalley 

It was just such a drag honestly 

Alice Hoffman is such a beautiful writer. Since I was a kid her books have always moved me to tears just from how magical and meaningful her stories are. This was a beautiful story about love between a mother and her child (an accidental theme for me this month it seems). I've never read a story quite like this and I think it worked so well. It was really an amazing concept, and the story all around was bittersweet in the best way. I am curious to read The Scarlett letter now

I went into this blind and I didn't really think I'd like it the premise sounded kind of silly to me but I actually really loved it. I loved the fairytale nods and the social commentary but I also loved the world building and especially the love between mother and her kids

Longer review to come in October on my Instagram and maybe here if I remember to update it. Will also be covering this in a podcast.

I enjoyed this especially the second half but a lot of it was a bit too technical and I found myself getting bored. I don't mind a slow burn but some of this felt like reading a textbook. I usually love Silvia Moreno-Garcias writing and find it super lyrical but it was less so here. I did find the subject super interesting and the second half of the book was very creepy and scary, but the ending fell flat I think and the romance honestly was not needed.

I had this on hold with Libby and didn't remember what it was, so I went in pretty blind. I didn't even realize who it was written by at first. I was a big fan of the divergent series as a teenager, and was happy to see she's still writing dystopian novels, but with a pretty fresh take.

Reading Poster Girl felt like starting a book at the end, but instead of it ending, we got to find out what happened next. There was this whole untold story in the past about an uprising over a dystopian government, but this story was about what happened to loyalists of that government a decade later. 

Our main character was quite literally the poster girl for the delegation before it fell, now she's the only person left in her family, locked away in a prison type community with very little contact with the outside world. She's offered a chance at freedom, but it's a lot more than that to her. It's a chance to really understand what happened in her childhood, to find out what role she played in the past and how she can move forward from the crimes of her elders.

I really enjoyed having such a different look at a dystopian story. The villains were very humanized through the eyes of their children, but not to the degree that it felt like they were being excused. It definitely made me think about some of the books I read in the past and wonder what was going on in the lives of the 'other side'.

I think anyone who grew up reading things like divergent and the hunger games will really like this book.

This was an interesting read, I always enjoy reading foreign (to me) books for the insight into another culture, but it was a bit difficult to connect with this one. 

Then again I read it pretty fast so my review might change as I sit with it.

This arc was provided to me through Netgalley and St Martins press. I think they sent it to me because I don't remember requesting it and I was a bit wary of starting it because I'd never read a regency romance. My only experience with the genre was Bridgerton (the show not the books) which I wasn't a huge fan of.

Turns out I really enjoyed it! This was a really sweet romance, more than one couples romance was featured and I liked both of them a lot. The whole plot about the missing poodles was fun and entertaining and so were the details about science. I usually don't like a bunch of different povs in my books but in this book I actually enjoyed it. Ill definitely be looking into other books by this author at some point!

I remembered this being a favourite as a kid, but nothing could have prepared me for the revelations!!! Omg. I never really read the series in order before now so that also probably has something to do with it. Like Chapman? I was not expecting that. I only even has the vaguest memory about how Tobias came into it all. Just so good, adds so much to the world building but also as it's own story is just phenomenal imo