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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So many feelings
The Valkyries are incredible and I love their trio sm
Character assassination of Rhysand makes me sad he’s literally not even supposed to be bad like tamlin had been.
For me feysand is incomparable and it feels like they were written to be horrible - and not nearly as powerful as they actually are being the high lord and lady - to justify nesta’s horribleness a bit more. I don’t buy it.
The Valkyries are incredible and I love their trio sm
Character assassination of Rhysand makes me sad he’s literally not even supposed to be bad like tamlin had been.
For me feysand is incomparable and it feels like they were written to be horrible - and not nearly as powerful as they actually are being the high lord and lady - to justify nesta’s horribleness a bit more. I don’t buy it.
B u t chapter 68 where the trio all told each other their stories & 77 feyre and nesta and baby made me cry like a baby and I don’t entirely despise nesta as much as when I started so solid 4 stars
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i cannot for the life of me decide if i love it or hate it
like all sjm books, this is chaos but it was fun, just dont take it too seriously
enjoyed this book way more than the other two, written in a far more tolerable and believable way in comparison.
i firmly believe, and have done since book 2 that tharion and ithan did not need POVs. for one i just could not get into their individual stories for the first half of the book (and because its sjm thats 400 pages T_T), they were infuriating and i was actively skimming and lowkey skipping their parts so i could get back to bryce and hunt. you could take out their POVs and very little actually changes. I came to enjoy Ithan's story more later on but i think that was more because of Jesiba (one of my favourites tbh carrying every scene she's in) and hypaxia. Sathia was the only reason i remotely enjoyed thrion's story and even that didnt amount to much in the end. we could've spent so much more time with bryce after the INSANE book 2 ending but instead i had to hear about those two brooding endlessly T_T.
speaking of bryce. what. I feel like she lost some of her characterisation by the end in lieu of just being a powerful starpower vessel. I adore how powerful and incredible she is but it did just start feeling like just could just do all the things that sarah needed her to do for the plot and her character wasnt developed as much after she reunited with everyone.
I was also kind of disappointed by the crossover, i enjoyed the azreil - nesta antics but like where was everyone else? especially rhysand? SJM definetly seeded the next ACOTAR book at the end but it felt like the equivalent of a disney channel crossover, where she could only get in like two of the characters and the main people that everyone really wanted to see (feysand) were to expensive to get and got a two second cameo. I just feel like this cross over could have been so much more than it was but it ultimately amounted to a big lore dump for bryce. I appreciate nesta's interaction at the end but why did bryce's parents get a more meaningful interaction than bryce or the readers did :/ sad.
but THIS BOOK. how does sarah every single time make the last like 1/5 of the story so captivating, so intense and gripping that you refuse to move from the contorted reading position your in until you finish the bloody story?
also the end of the war?that ending is almost idential to that of ACOWAR lmao. I'd be lying if i said it didnt make me very emotional hunt screaming over bryce at the end but its literally the same. if it werent a soft moment between bryce and jesiba too id maybe have more of a problem.
if nothing else i loved the relationships in this book, especially day and night. day nuzzling night in her deer form after saving him and running away is proably my favourite moment in the whole book.
Lidia Cervos has my heart and CARRIED.
was worried her character may have been reduced to a mother like a lot of strong women characters are when they have surprise children but SJM did well acknowledging this and i think her character stayed strong to the end ish though i think she equally lost some of her strong hind-impenetrable- ness by the end but i guess maybe that was the point.
The end made me tear up.
Jesiba roga is everything i aspire to be
tldr i hate that i enjoyed it but i concede that i did nonetheless.
like all sjm books, this is chaos but it was fun, just dont take it too seriously
enjoyed this book way more than the other two, written in a far more tolerable and believable way in comparison.
i firmly believe, and have done since book 2 that tharion and ithan did not need POVs. for one i just could not get into their individual stories for the first half of the book (and because its sjm thats 400 pages T_T), they were infuriating and i was actively skimming and lowkey skipping their parts so i could get back to bryce and hunt. you could take out their POVs and very little actually changes. I came to enjoy Ithan's story more later on but i think that was more because of Jesiba (one of my favourites tbh carrying every scene she's in) and hypaxia. Sathia was the only reason i remotely enjoyed thrion's story and even that didnt amount to much in the end. we could've spent so much more time with bryce after the INSANE book 2 ending but instead i had to hear about those two brooding endlessly T_T.
speaking of bryce. what. I feel like she lost some of her characterisation by the end in lieu of just being a powerful starpower vessel. I adore how powerful and incredible she is but it did just start feeling like just could just do all the things that sarah needed her to do for the plot and her character wasnt developed as much after she reunited with everyone.
but THIS BOOK. how does sarah every single time make the last like 1/5 of the story so captivating, so intense and gripping that you refuse to move from the contorted reading position your in until you finish the bloody story?
also the end of the war?
if nothing else i loved the relationships in this book, especially day and night. day nuzzling night in her deer form after saving him and running away is proably my favourite moment in the whole book.
Lidia Cervos has my heart and CARRIED.
The end made me tear up.
Jesiba roga is everything i aspire to be
tldr i hate that i enjoyed it but i concede that i did nonetheless.
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
there's another bloody book after this T_T
i just want these characters to be happy GO AWAY EVE
could have done more between the brothers, nash and xander definitely took a back seat for the other two unfortunately. really enjoyed when they were all together in the end though and hopefully that will continue into the next book. the dynamics and relationships are so fun and would love to see more of that! i do miss avery's dynamics with everyone else too she pretty much only speaks to jameson the whole time. but she's still cool :))
jameson & avery's chemistry as palpable as ever
the stories were definitely enthralling and fun to follow by the end but quite slow and hard to get into, especially grayson's initially. ended up reading jameson's chapters and going back to read grayson's as their own stories.
overall a fun read still, especially if you really enjoyed the first trilogy, just could have been more
could have done more between the brothers, nash and xander definitely took a back seat for the other two unfortunately. really enjoyed when they were all together in the end though and hopefully that will continue into the next book. the dynamics and relationships are so fun and would love to see more of that! i do miss avery's dynamics with everyone else too she pretty much only speaks to jameson the whole time. but she's still cool :))
jameson & avery's chemistry as palpable as ever
the stories were definitely enthralling and fun to follow by the end but quite slow and hard to get into, especially grayson's initially. ended up reading jameson's chapters and going back to read grayson's as their own stories.
overall a fun read still, especially if you really enjoyed the first trilogy, just could have been more
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
challenging
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Loved reading this, the first Christie book I've read! Adored being taken through the story with Dr Sheppard & Poirot, the twist and turns. Something I can easily cosy up with. The reveal was of course incredible (though do not read any forewords or intros that come before the book because they completely give away the reveal just by context clues 🙄).
And Dr Sheppards send off at the end!! What a way to end the book, think it closed off the story in such a good way omds.
Will definitely be reading more of Agatha Christie's stories :)
Will definitely be reading more of Agatha Christie's stories :)
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
My first Virginia Woolf book and I’ll definitely be reading more. While hard to follow at times I enjoyed the stream of consciousness writing and the amount of times she put thoughts into words so eloquently how could I not return.
However I can’t help but feel she almost blames women here for not taking opportunities and a room of their own, especially by the ending.
Nonetheless, for better or worse, I feel the thoughts brought up in this book still at least to some degree hold up today and give a lot to think about.
However I can’t help but feel she almost blames women here for not taking opportunities and a room of their own, especially by the ending.
Nonetheless, for better or worse, I feel the thoughts brought up in this book still at least to some degree hold up today and give a lot to think about.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0