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Looking for Alaska by John Green
5.0
Very emotional. Deals with suicide and how messed up life can be and how to get through the fucking labyrinth of suffering. Amazing friendships and a great character development considering it only has 200 pages.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5.0
Had a slow start but it picked up towards the middle and after that I was hooked! I need to read the second one stat
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
5.0
All I have to say is André Aciman is one of the best author's I've had the pleasure of reading from.
The writing is absurdly beautiful and engaging. Everything as a romantic, dreamy, wistful tint to it. If not for things that came up irl, I would've finished this book in one or two days. The writing is so good you want to eat it up as fast as you can... and at the same time I was already regretting finishing the book because I knew I'd miss its prose and wonderful story.
The story of Elio and Oliver, though romantic, isn't an exxagerated view of romance, the one where everyone gets to be alright and filled with warm feelings all the time, and that was part of the appeal of the book.
The ending was the hardest part (i actually cried) but it was beautiful in its own way.
The writing is absurdly beautiful and engaging. Everything as a romantic, dreamy, wistful tint to it. If not for things that came up irl, I would've finished this book in one or two days. The writing is so good you want to eat it up as fast as you can... and at the same time I was already regretting finishing the book because I knew I'd miss its prose and wonderful story.
The story of Elio and Oliver, though romantic, isn't an exxagerated view of romance, the one where everyone gets to be alright and filled with warm feelings all the time, and that was part of the appeal of the book.
The ending was the hardest part (i actually cried) but it was beautiful in its own way.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
5.0
i loved this book.
for one it is dark academia and we follow the main character as she reminisces on her life. however, you don't know something very important about her life.
this is a deep, thought-provoking novel that's sooo compelling to read. it might be a bit disturbing in the end when you finally realise how this soft sci-fi novel is a metaphor for our own life.
dark academia at its best.
for one it is dark academia and we follow the main character as she reminisces on her life. however, you don't know something very important about her life.
this is a deep, thought-provoking novel that's sooo compelling to read. it might be a bit disturbing in the end when you finally realise how this soft sci-fi novel is a metaphor for our own life.
dark academia at its best.
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
5.0
Gotta keep reading!
There's a web of information and secrets that are itching to be connected.
I already know this trilogy will be AMAZING.
There's a web of information and secrets that are itching to be connected.
I already know this trilogy will be AMAZING.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
5.0
Stephen Hawking was a very skilled writer and a very funny man. He succinctly summarizes the state of physics in a very interesting and very organized way.
Though I do have some doubts whether it is clear enough to the general public. Nevertheless, it is surprisingly digestible. In my opinion, way more digestible than Astrophysics for People in a Hurry which doesn't go into such detail and somehow is more confusing.
I really enjoyed all the history he threw in there when relevant. About Einstein, Newton and random funny anecdotes.
I learned, I laughed, it made me eager to know more and read other books by Stephen Hawking.
Though I do have some doubts whether it is clear enough to the general public. Nevertheless, it is surprisingly digestible. In my opinion, way more digestible than Astrophysics for People in a Hurry which doesn't go into such detail and somehow is more confusing.
I really enjoyed all the history he threw in there when relevant. About Einstein, Newton and random funny anecdotes.
I learned, I laughed, it made me eager to know more and read other books by Stephen Hawking.