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dark mysterious fast-paced

i liked this a lot! the little twist did infact surprise me. it went by super quick too because I was heavily invested in this. the hype of this one is well deserved.

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fast-paced

i liked the idea and format of this, but I was either not in the right mindset for this or the content of the story just wasn't for me. the main character was interesting enough, and I did like the unique format of having this told in sessions of her trying to get her benefits renewed but it just didn't click with me enough to really enjoy it or stay engaged with it 
medium-paced

I have similar issues with this one as I did with the first one (the author's portrayal of mixed race people still feels super fetish-y). this series had potential for me but I just don't like it enough to want to listen to the last one. plus I don't really care for the characters in either so I don't think I would care enough for the ones in the last one either.

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

recommend reading the trigger/content warnings.
my least favorite from the series tbh. there was maybe too much going on for me? I dunno it wasn't bad, but I didn't love it. 
Letha is my favorite, and she's the biggest badass for sure. I loved seeing Letha take action and grow throughout the series. she's a great final girl. as the series went on, I didn't like Jade as much as in the first book though. she got a bit frustrating/annoying?/aggravating? I know she was struggling through so much trauma so I know she deserves grace as a character, but something about her went from being really cool to just being eh.
did like the ending enough, and obvi hoping for the best for Letha (and Jade too I guess)

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medium-paced

didn't hate it didn't love it. liked the setting of a magical school and the murder mystery. characters were okay, the ending was okay. 

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sapphic homesteader with a mystery? I'm in. it was pretty good although I didn't love Rose as a character since I feel she should've thought more about getting into a relationship with Ash but we all do things that don't always make sense when we're vulnerable or in love. quick read/listen and the ending was also good. 

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fast-paced

would've been better if the author didn't reek of well off straight white man privilege (the emphasis of "I could get anyone I want to sleep with me. having so much casual sex started to feel less important for me" was a bit annoying. having to point out an "attractive Asian woman" was weird/orientalist as the woman's race was irrelevant to the story. among other things) some of it was good, some of it came off as try hard-y, and some of the things he said really is just out of touch, well off straight white man takes. 
I do like the stress on don't give a fuck unless it's something important to you (like don't give a shit about the small stuff you can't control and like dont linger on it), but it's not a new concept it's just repackaged with some swearing sprinkled in. so nothing revolutionary in thought/reframing thoughts/situations.
I personally wouldn't read more from the author tho because now that I think about it, it comes off as every privileged white dudes' podcast that has a subtle undercurrent of hating women.

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really enjoyed this. the illustrations were cool, the story was interesting, the color palette was perfect for the moods it was trying to evoke. I'm assuming this is a series since it was left on a sort of cliffhanger and the about author short blurb mentions the next book being on a train 🤔
(and also fuck corporate greed, the wealth gap, and capitalism 💯)

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medium-paced

didn't really love this, but I might still read the sequel to pass time. it wasn't terrible and I do enjoy retellings, it just wasn't a favorite.
fast-paced

was this a necessary addition to the series? no. was it still good/entertaining? yes.
haymitch is one of my favorite characters (along with johanna) so it was nice to get a fuller picture of his hunger games and his life/experience pre and post games. I really enjoyed his fellow district 12 allies and I really enjoyed ampert as well (ampert's death made me mad tho because one it was gruesome imagining it and two because I felt it was too quick/sudden). I enjoyed seeing more of beetee, mags, and wiress as well.
this was much much better than a ballad of songbirds and snakes but not as good as the main books in the series for me.

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