coralinejones's reviews
510 reviews

Smile by Roddy Doyle

2.0

Eh. If Mona Awad wrote books for boys

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

2.0

i'm sooo over these repulsive ass, "weird girl" lit books. i'm blaming ottessa moshfegh. they all wish they could write a repulsive, weird, unlikeable, unpleasant, multifaceted woman like gillian flynn can. they don't come close. these books are one in the same and i'm tired. this is gross. and i'm not talking about the taxidermy.

i can deal with taxidermy, i draw the line at the excessive, repetitive descriptions of body order and vomit and spittle with prior food mixed in and other bodily fluids, functions, and parts. OVER IT!!!

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

2.5

This book really pissed me off until the last 80% or so. It starts off with a bang, then goes nowhere for a majority of the book. I hated that so much of it was told through flashbacks and not present, in the moment, with the intruder. When things got good, it got real good, a little corny, but that's fine. But it shouldn't take the last 2 hours of the book to do that, in my opinion.

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

2.0

This slowly pissed me off. It started off strong and interesting and then the age-gap thing happened and I never recovered. Just annoyed and slightly grossed out since.

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

3.5

Well, spoiler warning, but one minute they were rivals and the next they were getting married and I didn't understand how we got there and why the world is the way it is. It's interesting but executed poorly. I thought everyone was being dramatic about there being very little world building but they were correct. Why is the mail magic? Why are we in war? Who are these characters really? What's going on?

Divine Rivals is written nicely. It's a fun little book, but it's just okay.

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

5.0

I knew what was going to happen, I've known since I was like 12, and I'm still sitting here absolutely devastated and in disbelief. MY HAYMITCH, MY SHAYLA!!!! Suzanne Collins you love and hate me so bad. I'm already excited to read this again.

The best part about getting these prequel Hunger Games books is being able to recognize all the Easter eggs and be overjoyed with the name drops and such. Ugh. Literally so freaking good. Makes so much sense why Haymitch is the way he is by the time Katniss comes around. Loved seeing my beloved

Effie

. Loved knowing who Haymitch's mentors were. Literally so good. So freaking good.

The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams

4.0

you know what, this book IS a little annoying and the writing style IS a bit grating, but as someone who has been a kpop fan (someone of was? a kpop fan) i can admit that it matches what it's like being in the kpop fandom ten fold. this book is odd and uncomfortable and perfectly replicates how irritating and frustrating the entirety of the kpop world can be. the music is fun, the outfits are boisterous and in your face, the concepts are visual eye candy, but every other facet of kpop makes the average person sigh. i think the point of this book doesn't necessarily hit, it's a little all over the place, but it's still intriguing and worth picking up

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang

2.5

so much going on here. why are we in ancient rome? why do they have guns? why is she in love with her colonizer???? it's so interestingly written and that's all!

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

4.5

This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska

3.5