ellaep's reviews
331 reviews

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

4.5

Chlorine by Jade Song

3.0

I enjoyed the premise a lot, I seem to really enjoy stories about people slowly going crazy. I just wish it would've been crazier. The main character seems very normal until the like 60-70% mark and I wish we would've read more about the transformation. 

Emma by Jane Austen

4.5

Debating between 4.5 and 4.25

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

4.0

I can’t really explain it, but this book really got me. Multiple character perspectives, sci-fi and time travel elements, a bit of a mystery, kind of confusing at first, it just absolutely works for me. This is my kind of vibe 

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

3.5

I love Fanny Price, she's fantastic and sweet and great. It just took such a long time to finish this book. I was worried it was gonna put me in a slump, because it took a lot of energy for me to pick it up. Ultimately I am glad that I read it and I did enjoy it

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

4.0

So pleasantly surprised. Went into this knowing nothing about the story, and was dropped immediately off of the deep end. But, very well written, super interesting world-building, and so far one of the best dystopia's I've ever read. 

Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony

3.75

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

3.5

Probably would've been higher if I have read it physically instead of listening to it, because I had a hard time tracking the timelines and the story felt really dragged out. 

This book was really good. Well written, engaging, etc. I felt like the sheer amount of characters made the story a little bit cheaper, because not all stories could be told and developed, but choosing to have so many point of view characters does mean less development generally so it's not a big deal. 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

2.5

The way this is written makes me think that the author is really irritating 

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

I can't I'm sorry. I was dreading the two characters falling in love because I feel like they have no chemistry and I hated their dialogue. And I felt like the story was really boring and was moving away from the part of the book I found interesting to begin with (Maya), so I am just gonna stop here. I knew at like hour 1 that there was a chance I was going to dnf this book, and now it happened