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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3.0
Listen I know that Bella isn’t the best character, but this is my comfort series. I’ve read this series probably once a year for the past 10 years.
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
Are you kidding me? This book was great. The character development 10/10. After reading the last book, I was growing bored of this series but this book has sparked my interest back to life. I even got a little emotional at the end.
What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera
4.0
The novel What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera follows the life of a character named Ganga from her childhood in Sri Lanka to her adulthood in Northern California. The story consists of many traumatic events that the character goes through, and the main theme of the book is the character repressing her trauma until she reaches her breaking point and commits an unthinkable act. Ganga displays an unconscious desire to not acknowledge and process her trauma, and the way it affected her behaviors structure all of the events of the novel. It is through the lens of this trauma that all of her actions must be viewed.It is a good book, and it shines a light on mental illness and what trauma can do to a person and in how they act. However, I felt like it was trauma corn because of all these traumatic things happening to the character back to back. I will be reading this again this year several times as this book was assigned reading material. I might come back and edit my rating.
Edit: I still feel the same way about this book. Some of the trauma could have been left out in this book and it still would have the same effect and same plotline. With that being said, I have come to appreciate this book a lot more. This book gives awareness and perspective on topics that are widely not discussed in today's society. Because of this I even learned some things about my past behaviors that I had not realized until reading this novel. I feel like the novel itself is unique because its underlying theme is what unprocessed trauma can do to a person. This topic is not widely talked about today let alone the overarching theme in a novel. I appreciate that because trauma is something that most of us humans will go through at some point in our life, so more awareness and information regarding the effects of trauma and what it can do to a person if left untreated should be talked about more.
Not to mention that not only does the book talk about trauma, but it also talks about what it is like and the experience of leaving everything behind to become an immigrant in America. That in itself is traumatizing, and as someone who grew up in a predominantly white town that had no immigrants in West Virginia, it was unique to gain some insight. I would recommend this book as a reader. It is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is life. I love the topics and issues that the author included in this novel.
Edit: I still feel the same way about this book. Some of the trauma could have been left out in this book and it still would have the same effect and same plotline. With that being said, I have come to appreciate this book a lot more. This book gives awareness and perspective on topics that are widely not discussed in today's society. Because of this I even learned some things about my past behaviors that I had not realized until reading this novel. I feel like the novel itself is unique because its underlying theme is what unprocessed trauma can do to a person. This topic is not widely talked about today let alone the overarching theme in a novel. I appreciate that because trauma is something that most of us humans will go through at some point in our life, so more awareness and information regarding the effects of trauma and what it can do to a person if left untreated should be talked about more.
Not to mention that not only does the book talk about trauma, but it also talks about what it is like and the experience of leaving everything behind to become an immigrant in America. That in itself is traumatizing, and as someone who grew up in a predominantly white town that had no immigrants in West Virginia, it was unique to gain some insight. I would recommend this book as a reader. It is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is life. I love the topics and issues that the author included in this novel.