sarahthegaymer's Reviews (305)

This was a perfect example of loving and hating a book simultaneously. 

This is a fantastic character study on womanhood and body autonomy - but told from the perspective a robot that was built to essentially be the ‘perfect’ girl friend.

This is also a really interesting introspective of robots, AI, and the likes.


I can’t really adequately explain why I feel the way I do about the book. Even though the main character is a robot, I highly suggest checking trigger warnings as there were some scenes regarding abuse that were a bit difficult to read, even knowing that it wasn’t a ‘person’. I will say that I felt like this would have maybe be better as a novella, as it was a bit long and I’m not sure that all of the storyline was necessary. 

Despite having less than a 4 star rating on here, I recommend checking it out as I think that it has potential and I’m curious to read additional works by this author in the future. 

This book was a wild ride. I am almost positive that I don’t understand what happened, but I enjoyed it enough just the same. 

I am going to be truthful in admitting that there are others who have reviewed this higher and their descriptions of what happened are better than anything I could convey in words. 

What I can say is that I throughly enjoyed the writing - it was beautiful and humorous, all while explaining the horrors that are lynching of black individuals in the United States. 

I’d be interested in maybe reading it again, physically, and seeing if I take anything additional from it that way. I am also interested in reading more by this author. 

I don’t really know that I can adequately put my thoughts and feelings into words after finishing this novel. 

In this post-apocalyptic world - we’re following the lives of a few individuals prior, during, and post a pandemic known as the “Georgia Flu”. Taking out a majority of the world’s population, those that remain are forced to survive without electricity, food, homes, and so much more.

Had we not experienced COVID-19, I don’t think that this book would have had the same effect on me that it did having lived through it. While devastating in its own way, reading this book makes me realize just how fortunate we are to have come out the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that believes they can handle it. It is incredibly well written, descriptive and detailed without being overwhelming, with a beautiful story written between the bad things. The only complaint I have with the novel - and my reason for knocking off a star is due to the ending which in my opinion felt a bit rushed. 

I’m looking forward into reading additional works by this author. 

I don’t really know that I can adequately put my thoughts and feelings into words after finishing this novel. 

In this post-apocalyptic world - we’re following the lives of a few individuals prior, during, and post a pandemic known as the “Georgia Flu”. Taking out a majority of the world’s population, those that remain are forced to survive without electricity, food, homes, and so much more.

Had we not experienced COVID-19, I don’t think that this book would have had the same effect on me that it did having lived through it. While devastating in its own way, reading this book makes me realize just how fortunate we are to have come out the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that believes they can handle it. It is incredibly well written, descriptive and detailed without being overwhelming, with a beautiful story written between the bad things. The only complaint I have with the novel - and my reason for knocking off a star is due to the ending which in my opinion felt a bit rushed. 

I’m looking forward into reading additional works by this author. 

I can’t really explain why I like this book, but I did. 

I definitely think that there was room for improvement and it wasn’t the horror that I was expecting - very minimal gore - but overall I think it was right for me. There were a few descriptions that made me physically cringe, but overall I felt like I might have been the ideal audience for this. 

We meet Ji-Won when things in her life just seem to be spiraling. Her Father has up and left her family, leaving her Mother a mess, she’s trying to survive University after not getting accepted where her friends and she had plans to go together, and she’s trying to care for her family to the best of her ability. 

Enter Mom’s new boyfriend, an absolute sleazeball that Ji-Won can see right thru. And she wants his eyes….

This was another story in my pile of Middle Grade books that I planned to read this year. 

While I gave this book 3 stars; I would be willing to wager that for the intended audience, the rating might be higher. 

For me, I think that the story was overall slow and jumbled, with a rushed ending that provided resolution but not enough. The characters were cute and the story was a fun idea, but again - I’m not trying to sound like a broken record - it was just a bit slow and not for me. 

I believe that this is intended to be a series and I don’t think that I’ll continue - but if you have fans of The Polar Express at home, or fans of books that take you to a new world with magical and funny creatures, this might be a good option for them. 

This was a very unique read and I enjoyed it so much. 

In this book, we’re reading letters written by Constanta  - Dracula’s bride. It talks about how they brought together and the time that they spent together - alone and along with others.

Overall there isn’t too much to say as I don’t want to give anything away, but if you’re a fan of Dracula, a fan of retellings, or just looking for something that is overall written beautifully and will keep you entertained, this is it.