crtmonitor's reviews
18 reviews

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

borderline masturbatory levels of environmental description serve as a nearly translucent veil over the lack of any compelling development, glacial pacing, and characters flatter than 2-day roadkill 

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

5.0

golden standard

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

3.75

ow

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

2.25

it’s decent for junk food

The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John Kaczynski

3.75

uncle ted warned us

Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

4.75

exactly girl

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

4.75

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

3.0

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

4.25

it ain’t palahniuk if it doesn’t leave you feeling like you need to take 35 showers afterwards tbh