sup3r_xn0va_maya's Reviews (387)

This is my second time reading this book and damn, this is a really good book. I enjoyed myself so much while reading this. The Hunger Games is so well written, gripping, sad, and it's such good entertainment. There are so many characters I liked, and too many scenes that made me scream out or literally shed tears in real life. When an author can make you feel emotions or when they can make you cry or scream out in fear, you know that's a damn good author. Collins is a damn good author. 

I loved this book, I'm giving it a 5 out of 5 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

💬: "It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality."

📖Genres: mythology, action, adventure, middle grade

📚Page Count: 396

🎧Audiobook Length: 10h 02min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5 

Percy Jackson - The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan is the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians middle grade series. This book is great, it has adventure, action, and humor! Percy could have sworn that his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him, he survives the ordeal and ends up at a place called Camp Half-Blood. There he learns that he's a demigod, the child of a god, for Percy this explains all the strange things that have happened to him throughout his life. After Percy finds out he's a demigod, the action in the novel kicks it up a notch. 

I would give this book 5 stars but there's a bit of fatphobia in here. Whenever a character is mentioned as being fat it's because they're either supposed to be evil or scary or both. It was really off-putting while reading and I couldn't believe I forgot the fatphobia was in there. It's not as blatant as in Harry Potter but it's still there. 

This novel is really enjoyable despite the fatphobia. I liked all the action, the twists, and the surprises. This is my third time reading this book and I still had a good time reading this. Overall, this book was a joy to read. I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
4.5/5

I listened to this audiobook for free on [Libbyapp.com]

Mockingjay is the third book in "The Hunger Games" series and it's my lowest rated book out of the three. 

The first two books seemed to have non stop action, and while this book had action, it takes a while to start up. The whole first third of the book is about

life at District 13

and it was a bit boring. 

When I first read this in my early 20s I was a Gale fan, I was rooting for Katniss to end up with Gale.

In the past, when she ended up with Peeta, I was disappointed.

Now that I'm in my early 30s I'm not disappointed with the epilogue, I was team Peeta this time around. 

I didn't 100% love the ending but this was still a good book, overall. Even though this was the lowest rating I've given a Hunger Games book (both the first books got 5 stars from me) I still enjoyed it. 

I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5. 

I listened to this for free on scribd 

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a young adult paranormal romance book that was published in 2005. It became famous for the sparkling vampires but also for the romance story between the two main characters, Bella and Edward. This book is boring and the instalove depicted between the teenager Bella and her 100+ year old vampire boyfriend is concerning. 

Twilight was my intro to paranormal romance over 15 years ago, when I was a teen. Myself and so many other teens fell in love with The Twilight Saga, and then we rushed to the movie theaters for every film release. The series appealed to us because it's about a teenaged girl who considers herself  plain but all the guys she's around want her. She considers herself basic, but the most handsome and alluring vampire only has eyes for her. I loved the series so I decided to read it again and so far the first book in the series is terrible. 

This book was so boring. I want to state that the action and antagonist in the novel didn't start or show up until the 75% mark. The first 75% of the book was Bella doing mundane things, like going to high school, and cooking dinner for her Dad every night. She meets Edward and then they're stuck to each other like white on rice. Then the book just describes their courting phase, which was also boring.

I think Edward is a walking red flag, and I don't think that just because he's a vampire. Edward initially tells Bella that they shouldn't be friends, then he turns around and decides that he's going to stalk her. So he begins watching Bella sleep and, as told in Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (A book that is basically Twilight but from Edward's perspective) he watches her from the tree in her yard while she reads under it. He's creepy. Another red flag is that Bella mentions several times that Edward constantly has wild mood swings that she doesn't know how to react to. 

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight (The Twilight Saga Book 1) (p. 266). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 


Bella has attachment and co-dependency issues, I believe. When Bella finds out Edward has been stalking her, she says she's flattered. She also says this:

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight (The Twilight Saga Book 1) (p. 217). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 

It's not really healthy to lose track of where you are AND what time it is just because you're talking to someone you like. It's just a weird depiction of a relationship with attachment issues involved. There's an issue because this is for teens and young adults. 

The author is Mormon (I believe) and so she emphasizes abstinence (which is proven to not be effective but, I have no problem with her writing about it.) I think it's actually very silly and annoying how Bella literally gets dizzy and passes out the first two times Edward kisses her. Like, she's so overwhelmed that she just passes out. I get that you don't want them going further than kisses but to make her pass out from them? I hate that creative decision so much. 

Speaking of Bella passing out, she gets injured so much in this book. I remember her being clumsy but I didn't remember that she was extra clumsy. I think that's also a bit silly, she gets hurt in excess and it doesn't really add anything to the plot.

I don't like Bella and Edward together, they're really cringe and they have some serious problems. I do love the side characters though, I love the Cullen family especially. I also like Bella's friend Angela. 

Overall I enjoyed what little scenes we got with the side characters, I didn't like how nothing happened for 75% of the book, I also don't like the main character's toxic relationship. I'm giving this 2 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars


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💬: "One thing I truly knew—knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest—was how love gave someone the power to break you."

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (p. 219). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires, werewolves

📚Page Count: 566

🎧Audiobook Length: 14h 51min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5 
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New Moon is the second installment in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. This book has some of the same issues that the first book, Twilight, has. Bella and Edward seem to still have a toxic relationship, both Bella AND Edward still has some serious dependency issues, and once again, there's a big chunk of this book where nothing really happens. In New Moon, Bella and Edward spend almost the duration of the book separated. This leaves a lot of space for the third part of the love triangle to come in, and that's Jacob Black. 

Unfortunately, their relationship is still toxic, or rather Edward still has abusive tendencies. Here's an example, 

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (p. 535). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 


This was towards the end of the book, when Edward got upset about a decision Bella made. Edward also does this. 

Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon (The Twilight Saga Book 2) (pp. 535-536). Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Kindle Edition. 


This is right after Edward starts yelling at Bella and throwing his tantrum. I understand being upset, but I don't think that's really acceptable behavior. He's scaring her and purposefully being intimating.  

In this book, Bella and Edward spend a significant time away from each other and they both act like they're dying because of it. I won't spoil why they spend time apart or how the situation comes to be, but I will say that Bella basically goes catatonic for a while. She has constant nightmares that she awakes from screaming. She goes into a deep depression. Then she starts

hearing Edward's voice in her head whenever she would do something deemed "dangerous" or "life threatening".

Instead of seeing a doctor or specalist, she decides

to keep doing dangerous things so she can continue to hear his voice in her head. Yeah, okay.

I always thought this part of the saga was weird, concerning, and not romantic in the slightest. 

Once again, this book goes on for about 45% (200 pgs) before anything interesting or exciting happens. This is the second book in the series that has pacing issues that make almost the majority of the book, boring. I always have to remind myself that the movie adaptation is superior to the books, because wow. Most of this was boring. 

There were some interesting parts in this story, like the stuff near the end of the book. I shouldn't have to read almost half of your book for anything to happen Mrs. Meyer. I also still hate the dynamic Bella and Edward have, but I do like the side characters a lot. Overall, this book was better than the first. I'm giving this 2.5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [LibbyApp.com]