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The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
This needed content warnings. If it had had them, I wouldn’t have even picked this book up to begin with. At 26% it’s just dark. Extremely dark and sad and I’m sure it’s leading to a whole “life is hard but so worth it” kind of thing but I won’t be finding out. The constant mention of the pandemic made it uncomfortable and I would’ve liked to be warned about that-2020-2022 was probably the darkest and hardest part of my life to date. Constantly being reminded of that time isn’t fun. Also, infidelity, infertility, cancer, death of a parent, suicidal ideation and intent. And that’s just the first quarter of the book. Not to mention the extremely long winded chapters and it’s basically just Phoebe’s story of why her life sucks. No thank youuuuuu
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
This is a huge disappointment for me. I was so excited about this one and it just isn’t for me. Opal is so annoying that I wanted to rip my hair out during her POV-she reads like a 16 year old not a 20 something. Pepper was too bitchy with all her walls (which I get it, childhood trauma and everything). Also, several reviews I read said that Mazey Eddings does too much telling and not enough showing and they’re 10000% correct. Moments that could’ve built up these characters were just recapped instead of being shown. I’m so sad this didn’t work for me.
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
Thrillers/horror novels are just not for me. I wanted to stop while I was ahead so my personal preferences didn’t interfere with my review of the book.
Break To You by Michelle Knowlden, Neal Shusterman, Debra Young
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
I know that Neal Shusterman wrote this with two other authors, but there isn’t enough Neal to keep me interested. I’m a huge fan of his and I was excited to read this but it’s just not hitting like his other books do. The closed off setting and the communication via journal isn’t my favorite. I’m not interested enough in the characters at 23% to continue.
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping
A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.
I enjoyed the writing, but nothing happens. I got so bored, and I just lost interest in the story by the halfway point.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.
Tell me why it has taken me 4 days to get to the half way point of an 8 hour audiobook? And really tell me why, even at 2X speed, why I’m ONLY half way. So bored. Can’t make myself continue.