nerdysread's Reviews (970)

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I was lost. And now I know why. I borrowed the wrong one. I didn’t see it was not the original serie 
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

A lot Of fucks. Like really they’re fucking and they say fuck. That’s the book 
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

J’ai adoré voir les débuts de Robin et surtout le point de vue d’Alfred 

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Un tome très intéressant avec deux styles graphiques très différents. J’ai beaucoup aimé les deux temporalités et les parallèles entre eux. Mais j’aurai aimé avoir une autre fin… please 

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Un manga doudou que j’adore et que j’adorerai toujours 

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

« Entre la vie et la mort, dit-elle, il y a une bibliothèque. Une bibliothèque aux étagères sans fin. »


Ça y est, je l’ai lu… La Bibliothèque de minuit par Matt Haig. Tout d’abord, merci NetGalley France et Fayard de m’avoir donné la possibilité de lire ce livre en version numérique.


C’est une histoire que j’avais envie de lire depuis un moment, je veux dire, je l’ai tellement vu passer sur la sphère littéraire anglophone. Et le pitch… Une bibliothèque avec toutes les vies qu’on aurait pu avoir et que l’on visite au moment de mourir… Je veux dire, oui !

Et c’est … stop being depressed mais avec une belle écriture et une histoire sympatoche… je vois pourquoi certaines personnes ont aimé mais non, on traite pas comme ça la santé mentale et la dépression … encore moins une tentative de suicide. 

Mais hey, belle écriture et développement personnel 

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funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you, NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

So, yes I like to read Christmas books in the middle of summer. The story of a proposal planner that has to plan the proposal of her ex, who actually asked her assistant to do it because she’s too busy with work? I really wanted to read it. And it took me a lot of time. But the second try was the good one. 

The plot is messy, but so is this story. The first half of the book really made me laugh. The second half was also good. It felt like reading a lesbian hallmark movie with a lot of clichés. The one obsessed with Christmas, and the second one who builds walls around her and hates it, the instant love... Also, the fact that there is no homophobia? Yup, that’s a food point, so many lesbians. Bravo les lesbiennes. 

But, because yes there’s a but, I think a lot of things were under-exploited. Like, the trauma that the characters faced? Really, love can’t heal everything, just go see a therapist. I like miscommunication, but come on, the big one felt too pushed. So you heard a rumor coming from someone you don’t know? And you just assume that she abandon you, and want to break up? Come on. Also, the sex scene? Not that good...

It’s not a bad book, but, it would be a great hallmark movie!

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