aquamare7's reviews
14 reviews

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Did not finish book. Stopped at 54%.

From the first chapter, I knew I wasn’t going to like this book because of that paragraph disregarding racism against Black people, but I thought, “Ok, this was written by a white guy in the 90s, I’ll just push through.” Plus I really wanted to watch David Tennant in the show. But then I found out more about how fans of the book and show never wanted Crowley and Aziraphale to end up together romantically, so I quit. Cos, F that. What’s with gen z’s anti-love rhetoric these days? 
NOW I find out neil gaiman is a sex offender, so I DEFINITELY won't be finishing this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Lost in Space: Return to Yesterday by Kevin Emerson

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Pretty good story; some of the dialog is extremely juvenile, though the main characters ARE children, and the primary target audience is kids, so that’s to be expected. I found the Time Aliens arc extremely weird and out of place even for this sci-fi story. I personally felt it just didn’t fit within the Lost in Space world; it felt like Marvel territory, which I’ve had quite enough of thank you.
Overall, I think it was a cute story add-on to the tv show; definitely something to read if you’ve just finished the show and still long for more, as was the reason I chose to read it. The author got all of the characters’ personalities spot on, and it’s extra cute if you listen to the audio book as Max Jenkins (Will Robinson) narrates it.

The Book of Unusual Knowledge by Publications International Ltd

informative relaxing fast-paced

3.0

I enjoyed the book and its short, fast-paced, article style sections. However I only gave it 3(.5) stars because the topics it chose to talk about weren’t very diverse. Most of the topics are about American things; the holidays chapter solely talks about European and Abrahamic inspired holidays and almost exclusively how Americans celebrate them; the religion chapter solely focuses on Abrahamic religions; the war chapter flips back and forth from only the American Civil War and World 2; and practically all of the facts in the book are about white people. 
All in all, a nice leisurely read to pick up a few antidotes, but if you’re looking for a well-rounded world history book, this is not it.

The Shining by Stephen King
Did not finish book.

I tried reading this stephen king novel first, but a lot of personal stuff was happening and I ended up putting it down and just not coming back to it. Then I picked up It and found out the disgusting thing that happens in that and I was done with stephen king. 

It by Stephen King
Did not finish book.

I actually got probably about halfway through this book, until I heard that there’s a gangbang involving the children somewhere in it and I was done. With this book AND stephen king. What kind of freak writes something like that???? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Did not finish book.

Like I said under The Fellowship, I tried reading this after trying to get into that because I felt like I needed to know “the before” of the LoTR world, but I ended up not even finishing this either because it was just too much. It was pretty much this book and The Fellowship that made me realize I just don’t like fantasy books. 

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Did not finish book.

I tried reading this book after becoming obsessed with LoTR and The Hobbit movies. I couldn’t get that far into it because I felt like there was a whole plethora of story that I was supposed to read before it in order to understand what was happening in the plot present. To which, I found out about The Silmarillion, but I didn’t get far into that either because the fantasy world building was just too much for me 😂. I’m not a fantasy book fan anyway, but I felt like a poser having only watched the films, but I realized it doesn’t matter. You gotta do you. And me is, loving fantasy films, but hating fantasy books 🤷🏽‍♀️😂. 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Did not finish book.

I tried reading this book in 12th grade at my sister’s behest after she dragged me to the movie. The dystopian genre just isn’t my thing. I didn’t get very far into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Classism

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Did not finish book.

I tried reading this book in the 11th grade after seeing the movie, because I was obsessed with Robert Paterson 😂. I didn’t finish it because I found it too slow and boring.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Did not finish book.

I tried to read this book in the 9th grade, I think. After reading and seeing Twilight, a friend recommended this book. I stopped reading it once someone spoiled a huge part of it for me 😅.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest