17mima's reviews
128 reviews

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

4.0

-a m a z i n g-  prose (5⭐), but it really has to lose a star, because every time that a woman is in a scene, i have to read about her nipples or clit.

also, there is a rape scene between a teenager and a woman in her 30s that deeply disturbed me, and i would highly recommend skipping over it if you can :)

Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Journey by Paolo Cognetti

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Liked it a little less than "The wild boy", but was still amazing. 

The Wild Boy: A Memoir by Paolo Cognetti

inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

The author takes you on this beautiful journey of connecting with nature again, coming back to your roots and forming relationships you didn't expect to form.
The book is made up of very short chapters, it's super easy to read and there is no plot whatsoever (which i love, so if you don't, maybe not for you!).
<3 lovelovelove

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

3.25

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

slow-paced

2.0

It was fine.. Seeing many perspectives can be interesting, but here, we had no time to connect to the main characters (who are the reason most people read Khaled Hosseini)..

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

my jaw is on the floor, my blanket is soaked with tears and my heart is a thousand little shards of glass... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus

dark reflective slow-paced

2.0

The Stranger by Albert Camus

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

Never read something remotely similar... Definitely a "love it or hate it" kind of book.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

truly a book about privileged people doing nothing and crying about it
obviously i  l o v e

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

1.5

i found this SO boring... it reads like a scientific report, which might be the point, but i found it so detached and emotionless... 
my first lovecraft read, and it really didn't live up to expectations.