soothebelle's reviews
115 reviews

Borderlands: Debt or Alive by Anthony Burch

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

The Dreamers by Gilbert Adair

0.25

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.75

Eclipse: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Film for Her by Orion Carloto

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.25

New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

Twilight Director's Notebook: The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer by Catherine Hardwicke

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

Yeah, naw. This wasn't it. All I can think to say right now is how I'm never going to reread this. Everyone was one-dimensional, even the

"bad guy" who is so hamfistedly "bad" that you feel nothing towards his death. At least in The Secret History, that this book is so commonly compared to, you got a sense of Bunny's better points, so you can understand the various characters' guilt upon his death, but not here. Dude's just suddenly incredibly terrible and abusive in his fourth year, so when you get to him dying, like "okay sure whatever get on with it, dude sucks". Similarly, Meredith's hot, Wren's fragile, Alexander's eccentric, etc etc. There's nothing more to these characters.

Also, the "twist" at the end is really stupid, and there's too much direct quoting Shakespeare, it gets too dense with it. The atmosphere of the book was pretty good, I could easily imagine the setting and feel like I was there, but that's really only the main nice thing I can say about it. Otherwise, weak as hell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder