taykealook_'s reviews
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The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Daph and Simon are quick witted and fun, I will never forgive the show for taking all of Daphane's personality away in favor of a demure regency chit. These are the playbook for fake dating to lovers - in the era where sneaking out can lead to a rushed engagement. I stand by my statement that Julia Quinn is a modern day Jane Austen with spice added, and I love that for her and us, her readers.
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is a perfectly heartfelt book that I would read again and again! Abby Jimenez never misses, and Yours Truly broke me and put me back together again. I loved these charaters and I wanted every good thing for them. A pride and prejudice-like beginning to the story hooked me, and Jimenez's signature care and attention left me in love with these two.
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
No one is writing unlikeable women like TJR. This is hands down my favorite book of hers so far, I could NOT stop reading. I felt like this book taught me more about tennis than I ever cared about learning. I cried so hard I posted a photo on my close friends story. I this also broke my reading slump that the fourth wing put me into.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
THIS BOOK WAS VERY STRESSFUL AND EVERY ELDEST DAUGHTER WILL HAVE A HARD TIME NOT IDENTIFYING WITH THE PLIGHT OF THE MAIN CHARATER. While I know that we are not all cleaning up behind our little sisters who are serial killers, we understand the level of selflessness' required to do the hard thing over and over again.
Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan
4.0
Rosie Danan IS THE SPICE QUEEN. she writes these lovely little books with the SMUTTIEST SMUT and I LIVE FOR THEM. This was a fun trek into the scottish highlands, I loved every moment
Queen Charlotte by Shonda Rhimes, Julia Quinn
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
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This book was written for TV or after TV, in any event it did not work. The scenes were too abundant and choppy. The development of these characters were a farce and the quickwitted reprotie I have come to expect and cherish from Julia Quinn was nowhere to be found.
You are better off just watching the show. The priase that came from the colorblind casting of season 1 of Bridgerton turned this book into something it did not need to be. When whoever decided that Bridgerton was going to dive into the waters of race/representation in the 'Ton Quinn and Rhimes provided the thinnest, weakest, watered down version. This book could have been a rich wine in story telling but instead we got great value grape juice, a rushed project with little to no actual thought to how these characters would handle Black people being lifted up in the London society. Creating a fictional, thoughtless world where there were POC Lords and Ladies did more harm than good. This series should have gone the way of Brandi's Cinderella, told the story that already existed with POC not shift the story around to do a half assed job of making it seem deeper. The way Black women were potrayed in this book was handled with such shadow of care it can barely even qualify. I give books one star if I think they should not have been written and that is how I feel about Queen Charlotte. This book was better as movie...
One last thing, the bricks were there, for this to be a good book but this entire books felt like a Freshman in college showing up and answering questions based on the rest of the class and not based on the reading. SORRY IF THIS IS RAMBLING I JUST EXPECTED SO MUCH MORE.
This book was written for TV or after TV, in any event it did not work. The scenes were too abundant and choppy. The development of these characters were a farce and the quickwitted reprotie I have come to expect and cherish from Julia Quinn was nowhere to be found.
You are better off just watching the show. The priase that came from the colorblind casting of season 1 of Bridgerton turned this book into something it did not need to be. When whoever decided that Bridgerton was going to dive into the waters of race/representation in the 'Ton Quinn and Rhimes provided the thinnest, weakest, watered down version. This book could have been a rich wine in story telling but instead we got great value grape juice, a rushed project with little to no actual thought to how these characters would handle Black people being lifted up in the London society. Creating a fictional, thoughtless world where there were POC Lords and Ladies did more harm than good. This series should have gone the way of Brandi's Cinderella, told the story that already existed with POC not shift the story around to do a half assed job of making it seem deeper. The way Black women were potrayed in this book was handled with such shadow of care it can barely even qualify. I give books one star if I think they should not have been written and that is how I feel about Queen Charlotte. This book was better as movie...
One last thing, the bricks were there, for this to be a good book but this entire books felt like a Freshman in college showing up and answering questions based on the rest of the class and not based on the reading. SORRY IF THIS IS RAMBLING I JUST EXPECTED SO MUCH MORE.