lipglossmaffia's Reviews (1.52k)

Damn you, Fredrik Backman

The audiobook of this, is fucking fantastic

I like the friend the lover trope in romance novels and this was a cutesy one.

It's such an ordinary book. When I finished reading it, all I thought was, it's so basic.

My favourite thing about this collection is that the stories are written as hot tea. Sweet and smooth. And I like me some churchy gossip

It's such a sad story mehn. So sad. If you were close to your dad and he's passed away, reading this will be a little much. It's a story of a young girl reflecting on the wonderful memories of her father who she lost during the war in Bangladesh's struggle for independence.

The book is very short but it was a little repetitive which I'm going to blame on the translation. The audiobook brought more life to the words in this book though

I can't say I "enjoyed" this novel because there's nothing feel-good about it. What I immensely enjoyed and appreciated was Kandasamy's narrative prowess. I've read a lot of books that feature domestic violence but this one is top tier

“The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.”

Before my sugardaddy sent this book to me, the only thing I knew about Olga is that she won the Nobel Prize in 2019 amidst some drama. Decided to read this book because of the catchy title and it has a female protagonist over the age of 60, which is a prompt from the #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge (check that out)

Plot-wise, this book falls into the mystery aisle, though our protagonist, Mrs. Duszejko, doesn't give a fuck about the strange deaths of the local men(Ia queen), she is more concerned whether or not anything will be done about the crimes against animals that she’s been diligently reporting.

For that reason, I think it might be more appropriate to call this novel a character study. It’s hard to say much more without giving the best parts away, so I’ll only say that it’s a quirky, wonderful little book sure to challenge the way you think about the intricate bond between humanity and the natural environment.

Despite the narrator’s firm opinion on the modern treatment of animals, the book does not force you to take Mrs. Duszejko’s side, and leaves plenty of room for discourse. It’s a book that’s sure to stay with me in the same way that The Overstory now comes to mind every time I look at a tree.

Even though the mystery was the weakest part of the story for me, there’s a lot of little plot twists, and plenty of commentary to love. Highly recommend.

This is an interesting collection. All the immigration short story collections are always by Africans. Out of the eight stories, I thoroughly enjoyed five. I'd recommend this to anyone who wanted to get an idea of the Chinese immigrant experience.

FURIA is YA novel but I'm recommending it to everybody aged 16- 100. Yamile Saied Méndez did a fantastic job combining romance, family struggles, domestic violence, poverty, colourism, heartbreak, violence against women, football, and the life of a teenager in Argentina into a well put together and thoughtful book. I hate to be that Bookstagrammer but I "felt all the feelings"