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The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2.5
The first half is annoying but grippy (no, we cannot explain anything for Reasons), and the closer it gets to the end the more tedious it becomes. Nevertheless, interesting.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
3.5
In many ways of its time, and obviously written by an neurotypical person, but I do like it. Great audiobook.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
3.0
Charming, but not gripping. I'm struggling with reading at the moment, otherwise I would probably like it more.
Into the Uncanny by Danny Robins
4.0
Absolutely brilliant audiobook a lot like the podcast. The Mammy found it a bit sweary, but she loved it enough to put up with it.
Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton
3.5
The cliffhanger nature of the often short chapters left it feeling choppy at times, and there were questions I feel could have informed things. In some ways I would have liked the grand revelation to come at the midpoint and give more time to it's resolution, but I did enjoy it a lot. I'd read her next book.
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.
I find it too dated. Maybe an audiobook.
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
3.0
I feel mixed. I should have.liked this, but I struggled to get.into it (maybe me?) and I realised I don't actually want to read about COVID. And I'm not sure how patient I feel about work that's so autobiographical.
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
3.0
It is a good story, but I found the audiobook quite distressing and it really illustrated the way disability is used in an ugly way that's of its time.
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
1.0
I was expecting a Romantic Comedy done in a Literary/Upmarket style. What I got was a tedious book with an unearned Romance and in which things just happened despite any choices the MC made. Romance novels are incredibly tightly plotted with a very firm structure, but this read like it was written by somebody who thinks they are about two people falling in love. Because of the gushing broadsheet reviews, and because I really loved Prep, I stuck with it, expecting some kind of twist or payoff. I was disappointed.