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Das Böse in ihr by Camilla Way
3.0
Nothing even happens in the book until the real “secret” is being revealed except Clara thinking about where Luke might be and some backstories.
When the moment of truth finally came it was very mid and not shocking at all. Most of the “revealing” I could already guess from the beginning but I had hope that it might be more spectacular.
Also Clara was so annoying. Imagine your boyfriend receiving threats before he disappears and the police finding evidence that he got kidnapped and then she finds pictures of a random woman in his drawer and ALL YOU CAN THINK IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS “Yep. This might be a woman he had an affair with behind my back. No other explanation”
Girl excuse me but how about you do some more research while your boyfriend is kidnapped anyway before just making a conclusion like that with the first thing that comes to your mind? 😭
I don’t remember any scene that made me gasp or quicken my heartbeat which I would expect from a THRILLER.
Another big minus point for the open ending and unanswered questions
Overall a very predicting and very basic “thriller”
When the moment of truth finally came it was very mid and not shocking at all. Most of the “revealing” I could already guess from the beginning but I had hope that it might be more spectacular.
Also Clara was so annoying. Imagine your boyfriend receiving threats before he disappears and the police finding evidence that he got kidnapped and then she finds pictures of a random woman in his drawer and ALL YOU CAN THINK IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS “Yep. This might be a woman he had an affair with behind my back. No other explanation”
Girl excuse me but how about you do some more research while your boyfriend is kidnapped anyway before just making a conclusion like that with the first thing that comes to your mind? 😭
I don’t remember any scene that made me gasp or quicken my heartbeat which I would expect from a THRILLER.
Another big minus point for the open ending and unanswered questions
Overall a very predicting and very basic “thriller”
Die kleine Bucht in Kroatien by Julie Caplin
5.0
I absolutely loved it! 😍
Even if the ending stretched out a bit and it became a bit too unrealistic and dramatic when Tara made a proposal to Nick.
Also some questions were left open, like what happened with Tara’s eating disorder? Why include such a heavy topic in your book if you’re not gonna “finish” it somehow or lead it to somewhere? That topic was just abandoned even though it happened so frequently throughout the book that you thought maybe it will lead to somewhere?
Anyway, it was still a fresh read and I loved the character ❤️
Nur ein Sommer mit dir: Roman by Kat French
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Initially I wanted to give this book 5 stars but it ended up being only 3 stars…
Why?
This was supposed to be a romance book but the author focused too much on the side characters than the actual love story.
I would have wanted to read more cute scenes of Alice and Robinson together but instead we always got a small cute scene and then a full chapter dedicated on the side characters instead. The author tried to give this neighborhood a “crazy” vibe but sometimes it was just too forced and it came out to be more like this: “Hey guys, see how “crazy and weird” we are?! We are definitely so exceptional and crazy”
The little few times where we got Alice & Robinson scenes, it always included sex. Either they were having sex or Robinson was making side comments that he wants to “undress” Alice. (Dear authors, I BEG you all to realize that when we say we want ROMANTIC scenes, it doesn’t include just sex…)
By the time Robinson went back to the US, the book went downhill… we didn’t get many Alice & Robinson scenes anyway so at this point I knew we wouldn’t get any more until the end of the book so it was just sooo boring and it dragged out too much that I didn’t even wanted to pick up the book anymore.
By the time I finished this book I was left dissatisfied, like something was just missing the whole time… (the romance in the romance book is missing)
Why?
This was supposed to be a romance book but the author focused too much on the side characters than the actual love story.
I would have wanted to read more cute scenes of Alice and Robinson together but instead we always got a small cute scene and then a full chapter dedicated on the side characters instead. The author tried to give this neighborhood a “crazy” vibe but sometimes it was just too forced and it came out to be more like this: “Hey guys, see how “crazy and weird” we are?! We are definitely so exceptional and crazy”
The little few times where we got Alice & Robinson scenes, it always included sex. Either they were having sex or Robinson was making side comments that he wants to “undress” Alice. (Dear authors, I BEG you all to realize that when we say we want ROMANTIC scenes, it doesn’t include just sex…)
By the time Robinson went back to the US, the book went downhill… we didn’t get many Alice & Robinson scenes anyway so at this point I knew we wouldn’t get any more until the end of the book so it was just sooo boring and it dragged out too much that I didn’t even wanted to pick up the book anymore.
By the time I finished this book I was left dissatisfied, like something was just missing the whole time… (the romance in the romance book is missing)
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
5.0
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THISSSSSS😭
The best epilogue ever!!
Only thing I found a bit annoying was that I wished there had been more romance and a liiiiitle less family drama …
The best epilogue ever!!
Only thing I found a bit annoying was that I wished there had been more romance and a liiiiitle less family drama …
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
Too many characters …. Will come back to it later
Insel der Sehnsucht by Nora Roberts
1.0
There were SO many things I hated about this book…
-The descriptions (especially in the beginning of the book) were SO long that I got annoyed right when I first started reading this book… there’s no reason for writing descriptions for idk how many pages long!! While reading it, it just makes the author seem like she didn’t know how to write THE STORY ITSELF so she chose to put as many descriptions as she could to fill the pages and make the book longer!
-Sex, sex, sex, sex and again sex… (even mixed with some disturbing rape scenes that I even needed to skip)
-The story takes wayyy to long to start and drags on
-There were 3!!! Romance stories going on at the same time in this book and throughout a chapter, the author switches between the characters suddenly and it just confuses you so much. The writing style is really off here
Overall I couldn’t care at all about this book
-The descriptions (especially in the beginning of the book) were SO long that I got annoyed right when I first started reading this book… there’s no reason for writing descriptions for idk how many pages long!! While reading it, it just makes the author seem like she didn’t know how to write THE STORY ITSELF so she chose to put as many descriptions as she could to fill the pages and make the book longer!
-Sex, sex, sex, sex and again sex… (even mixed with some disturbing rape scenes that I even needed to skip)
-The story takes wayyy to long to start and drags on
-There were 3!!! Romance stories going on at the same time in this book and throughout a chapter, the author switches between the characters suddenly and it just confuses you so much. The writing style is really off here
Overall I couldn’t care at all about this book
The Stranger by Albert Camus
3.5
I like the idea of it but the execution was done rather boring
However, the second part was more interesting than the first
However, the second part was more interesting than the first
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
5.0
I’m crying, this book made me emotional like nothing else!! 😭🥹