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The Guest List by Lucy Foley
4.0
What I liked:
✔️I liked the dimensions of all the character POVs. I don’t think there was any one character I didn’t enjoy reading. Usually with multiple POVs I always prefer one narrator over another
✔️The short chapters at the end were nice! Last 20% of the book flew by!
✔️Foley is always great at using a location/building as an additional character
✔️I love dark books and the sexual themes within the book kept me interested (ie. References to potential SA or affairs lol. Maybe that makes me weird)
What I didn’t like:
✖️Was the ending twist like amazing? No. But still an enjoyable quick read
✖️The connections at the end were a bit unrealistic
✔️I liked the dimensions of all the character POVs. I don’t think there was any one character I didn’t enjoy reading. Usually with multiple POVs I always prefer one narrator over another
✔️The short chapters at the end were nice! Last 20% of the book flew by!
✔️Foley is always great at using a location/building as an additional character
✔️I love dark books and the sexual themes within the book kept me interested (ie. References to potential SA or affairs lol. Maybe that makes me weird)
What I didn’t like:
✖️Was the ending twist like amazing? No. But still an enjoyable quick read
✖️The connections at the end were a bit unrealistic
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
4.0
What I liked:
✔️the amount of deaths in the book🤪😂 Kept things interesting and some were quite shocking!
✔️The setting of the school
✔️the romance factor and love triangle (my fave trope)
What I didn’t like:
✖️why did the author use modern day months to track time?! (ie. July, August) I would have much preferred seasons so that it didn’t take me out of this fantasy world the author created.
✖️not a huge fan of the dragons lol. I’m the 1%. That was also my least fave part of my favorite tv series ever Game of Thrones. I’m more a Cersei girl than Daenerys 😂
✖️the final action scene bored me. Sorry!
✔️the amount of deaths in the book🤪😂 Kept things interesting and some were quite shocking!
✔️The setting of the school
✔️the romance factor and love triangle (my fave trope)
What I didn’t like:
✖️why did the author use modern day months to track time?! (ie. July, August) I would have much preferred seasons so that it didn’t take me out of this fantasy world the author created.
✖️not a huge fan of the dragons lol. I’m the 1%. That was also my least fave part of my favorite tv series ever Game of Thrones. I’m more a Cersei girl than Daenerys 😂
✖️the final action scene bored me. Sorry!
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
5.0
What I loved:
✔️EVERYTHING! I have not been so enthralled and encompassed by a thriller like this in so long
✔️creepy neighbor who won’t leave you alone and doesn’t get the hint. Like, that was a very enjoyable plot point because no one likes those types of people lol
✔️Although the plot was very convoluted and far fetched, I still enjoyed it thoroughly
What I didn’t love:
✖️I don’t know. Maybe I liked everything?? I am writing this review months later and I can’t remember if anything stood out to me as bad
✔️EVERYTHING! I have not been so enthralled and encompassed by a thriller like this in so long
✔️creepy neighbor who won’t leave you alone and doesn’t get the hint. Like, that was a very enjoyable plot point because no one likes those types of people lol
✔️Although the plot was very convoluted and far fetched, I still enjoyed it thoroughly
What I didn’t love:
✖️I don’t know. Maybe I liked everything?? I am writing this review months later and I can’t remember if anything stood out to me as bad
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
4.0
What I Liked:
✔️once again, RESEARCH! We Stan!
✔️extremely helpful especially the postpartum mental health chapter
✔️Can’t wait to read her later years books for raising a child
✔️once again, RESEARCH! We Stan!
✔️extremely helpful especially the postpartum mental health chapter
✔️Can’t wait to read her later years books for raising a child
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
4.0
What I liked:
✔️Keefe is such a great writer and journalist that all his stories were easy to read and enjoy
✔️Some stories I enjoyed more than others. My fave was the history of Donald Trump’s rise to celebrity. The backstory info of The Apprentice (which I loved as a kid) was super interesting to read.
✔️Read if you love true crime! Drugs, criminals, gangs, you name it!
✔️Keefe is such a great writer and journalist that all his stories were easy to read and enjoy
✔️Some stories I enjoyed more than others. My fave was the history of Donald Trump’s rise to celebrity. The backstory info of The Apprentice (which I loved as a kid) was super interesting to read.
✔️Read if you love true crime! Drugs, criminals, gangs, you name it!
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
4.0
What I liked:
✔️easy easy read! Could be enjoyed by many of different reading levels
✔️I really liked one of the major plot twists
✔️”magazine featured story” vibes
✔️gossip girl here😉
What I didn’t like:
✖️none of the 3 main characters were super likable
✖️not a lot of plot growth overall. More character based
✖️not sure I’ll remember this one much after a month goes by
✔️easy easy read! Could be enjoyed by many of different reading levels
✔️I really liked one of the major plot twists
✔️”magazine featured story” vibes
✔️gossip girl here😉
What I didn’t like:
✖️none of the 3 main characters were super likable
✖️not a lot of plot growth overall. More character based
✖️not sure I’ll remember this one much after a month goes by
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
4.0
What I liked:
✔️Family drama
✔️Gothic vibes (think Rebecca)
✔️The house is a character
✔️The dual timeline POV (loved the letters the most)
✔️1929 setting
What I didn’t like:
✖️Main twist was a tad unrealistic
✖️Plot holes in timeline
✖️Main character needed to be a bit smarter about her decisions😂
✔️Family drama
✔️Gothic vibes (think Rebecca)
✔️The house is a character
✔️The dual timeline POV (loved the letters the most)
✔️1929 setting
What I didn’t like:
✖️Main twist was a tad unrealistic
✖️Plot holes in timeline
✖️Main character needed to be a bit smarter about her decisions😂
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
3.0
What I liked:
✔️historical fiction set in other countries than the US is always the best
✔️I didn’t have much pre-existing knowledge of Russia during the time period of the book, so that was a fun learning experience
✔️I liked the main character. He was quirky
What I didn’t like:
✖️Plot was similar to Anne of Green Gables where there isn’t much main plot, and just a bunch of sub-plots. Not my fave type of book.
✖️Slow most of the time. Really had to push myself to binge so I could just “get it over with”, which is not something you want to say about a book
✔️historical fiction set in other countries than the US is always the best
✔️I didn’t have much pre-existing knowledge of Russia during the time period of the book, so that was a fun learning experience
✔️I liked the main character. He was quirky
What I didn’t like:
✖️Plot was similar to Anne of Green Gables where there isn’t much main plot, and just a bunch of sub-plots. Not my fave type of book.
✖️Slow most of the time. Really had to push myself to binge so I could just “get it over with”, which is not something you want to say about a book
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
5.0
Things I loved:
✔️Perfect summer read! All I could picture was warm summer nights on the East Coast with fireflies and humid air!
✔️I liked the main character. I wouldn’t have made the choices she did because maybe I’m not as brave! But she was persistent in her beliefs
✔️The overall twist!! How different was that one??
✔️The added element of drawings within the book. I looked forward to the next page that had a picture. Made the reading experience go fast
✔️Perfect summer read! All I could picture was warm summer nights on the East Coast with fireflies and humid air!
✔️I liked the main character. I wouldn’t have made the choices she did because maybe I’m not as brave! But she was persistent in her beliefs
✔️The overall twist!! How different was that one??
✔️The added element of drawings within the book. I looked forward to the next page that had a picture. Made the reading experience go fast
Drowning by T.J. Newman
4.0
What I liked:
✔️the overall premise. I love anything about disasters. I was the child that hyperfixated on the Titanic 😂
✔️the interactions and differing personalities of the characters. They all seemed to blend well together and it was super believable how they bonded over tragedy
✔️I learned stuff! Nonfiction elements within a fiction thriller
What I didn’t like:
✖️some of the military moments were hard to keep my attention. The lingo was difficult at times
✔️the overall premise. I love anything about disasters. I was the child that hyperfixated on the Titanic 😂
✔️the interactions and differing personalities of the characters. They all seemed to blend well together and it was super believable how they bonded over tragedy
✔️I learned stuff! Nonfiction elements within a fiction thriller
What I didn’t like:
✖️some of the military moments were hard to keep my attention. The lingo was difficult at times