This was such an entertaining popcorn thriller, but unfortunately loses half a star due to the last 30%. The book requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, which I had no problem with the first 70% as it was just so much fun, but the last 30% is a mess full of twist after twist after twist. There were MANY times the author pulls a “sike! Books not done yet” for what felt like no reason. Overall though, I had a really good time with it lol.

Really great middle grade sci fi and a well done audiobook. The writing was beautiful, and you’re rooting for Petra the whole way through. I loved the storytelling, especially with the Mexican folklore mixed in. The book showcases the importance of oral and written history as well as cultural diversity in a really beautiful way.

This book has some major flaws, but for some reason its just so charming that I enjoy it more than it probably deserves lol. I absolutely adore Ciri and Yennefer, and I really like Geralt, Dandelion and Triss as well even though they have some issues….misogynistic issues. There are a lot of powerful female characters and great conversation between Ciri and them about periods, sex ect and then the book goes and has Geralt have sex with a 17 year old……it’s frustrating. The writing style/prose is good, but the plot and pacing is pretty all over the place, and some povs I just don’t care for. It’s hard to care about the politics when you’re being shown conversations between 6 characters you’ve never seen before lol. Overall though, the book mostly follows Geralt, Ciri and Dandelion, whose POVs I really enjoy. The humor and characters in this series really works for me. I love how Ciri has such a big personality. For anyone interested, it seems like this series is less about Geralt and more about Ciri’s coming of age, which I am good with. This novel is very engaging and other than a few pov changes where I lost interest, I really had a great time with it.

This was such a sweet book. I really enjoyed the art style and I loved how the author used color to demonstrate when there was a scene change. Tiẽn and his relationship with his mother was so adorable. Loved the queer and immigrant representation. It was so touching to read about how the author put his own experiences with his parents into the book.

I’m in the minority of this book, as every review I’ve seen has given this a four star or above. I absolutely loved the first 100 pages of this book, until I realized…..Matthias’ POV drove me INSANE. He was so unbelievably selfish and irritating, and I could not stand reading his chapters. I also think he is genuinely just a weirdo. Lena’s POV is by far the best out of the three, which would make it a bit boring when we moved to Hannah. The plot was very fast paced with a lot of twists and turns, some of them landing, some not. This book does a lot of the “the characters know things you don’t know” where it teases it in your face, and it’s not a trope I like but thankfully the book moves so quick it wasn’t too bad. Personally, I found the autistic rep to be a bit questionable and dated. The writing was decent, and the translator did a great job. Even though there were a lot of things that bothered me, I couldn’t stop flipping the pages to see what happened next.

This was such a beautiful exploration of grief and loneliness, and how to come to terms with life experiences changing you as a person. This book is extremely character focused, and you really feel like you’re inside Marin’s mind. The setting taking place at a college during winter break did such an amazing job of setting the tone and amplifying what Marin is feeling. I really loved Marin and Mabel’s moments together, and I think it’s great to have such a beautiful depiction of friendship and the changes that can happen as you grow older in a YA novel. I didn’t really like the “plot twist” towards the end, and I felt it was really unnecessary and out of left field. Overall, I’d really recommend this book to anyone interested.

This was an amazing book. In part 1, we have the creation of Lucifer and how he learns to be an angel and build community. In part 2, we have the beginning of the end, with God becoming jealous and enraged by Lucifer’s love not only for Michael, but for his self love. I absolutely adored this book, and in my heart it’s a 5 star, but objectively, the last 25% did not live up to the rest of the book. My issue was the random stream of consciousness like writing. It seemed like the author was trying to evoke that feeling during movies where there are rapid fire screen changes during tense moments, with flash backs or imagery that hint at symbolism. It was very jarring and took me out of the story, and once I was back in, it would happen again. I understand what the author was doing, but it did not feel necessary or natural to the book as we already had such an amazing look into Lucifer’s mind. There were some punctuation issues as well, but that doesn’t really bother me. I absolutely plan on buying the revised edition at some point this year and rereading! I adored Lucifer and Michael, and Lucifer’s journey broke my heart. I cried multiple times lol. I cried before anything sad even happened cause I was scared for it to come lol.

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A really fun and quick read. I haven’t read the Lovecraft book this is based on, so I can’t say how it compares. The author does a great job creating a creepy atmospheric setting with some really beautiful writing. I really enjoyed Tom as a main character. I don’t think this needed to be a full length novel, but I think it definitely would’ve benefited with maybe 30-40 more pages. It was a bit disappointing not being to see Tom evolve, as it was done off screen, but it also made it more mysterious so it just depends on what you prefer. I also would’ve liked the immigrant characters to have an actual role. They were mentioned quite often, but none of them even had a line. There are also no female characters in this book, other than a supernatural entity. The book touches on racism, classism and police brutality in a really effective way. Overall, it’s a great novella that you can finish in one sitting. I recently purchased Lone Women by this author, and I can’t wait to read it!

Such a cute series, and one that I think would be very beneficial to younger audiences. Wonderful art and a beautiful message.

This is my first time rereading since the movie came out. Although I definitely enjoyed it, pages 200-300 dragged sooooo badly for me. This book did not need to be this long. I loved when we got looks into Rachel and Nick’s relationship, but it’s also like nick how dumb can you be?? The book is outrageous and funny, but at some point the constant and numerous POV changes, the rich characters being pieces of shits, and the long winded descriptions got tiring and a bit annoying. One thing I didn’t remember about this book is all the casual racism…..it’s not meant to be praised, in fact it’s meant to show how casual the rich characters are about being assholes, but it just wasn’t pleasant to read and didn’t feel like it was taken very seriously at times (also a character says the n word once). It doesn’t help that all of the non East Asian characters are servants of some sort. I think I rated this book 4/4.5 stars when I originally read it in 2018, and I can’t help but bring it down to a 3.5 due to the issues above, as well as just being unable to stop comparing it to the movie. The book definitely stands well on its own, but objectively, the movie is better. I will say, the ending had me a bit emotional. I really enjoyed Rachel as a main character and would have preferred if we had more of her POV. Overall, although it had its flaws, I did really enjoy it for the most part and I will be continuing in the series. Also one last point: there is no ethical way of being a billionaire!