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ellemackenzie's reviews
25 reviews
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
3.0
first classic ever read. definitely found it very challenging - perhaps warrants a reread at some point in the future.
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
The first two-thirds of this were very slow for me and I don't know why - this book is all my favourite characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy so I should've loved it but I don't know, it just felt boring to me. And don't get me wrong I love Nina more than anything but I don't know what the point of her storyline was, it felt so separate from the main plot (although I'm sure it becomes more connected in Rule of Wolves). Negatively aside though, I LOVED the last third of this book. The whole section with Nikolai and Zoya in the Underworld was amazing i loved it so much. and the twist of Brum still being alive????? oooo my girl better get him fr in the next book, I CAN'T STAND that man. The last section really saved the book for me!
3.75
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, عدنية شبلي
3.75
not the most well-written of books - but i think we all have a duty to read Palestinian stories and voices, now more than ever.
The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman
3.5
really cool premise, loved the new world and lore. personally could really tell this was written by a man - the emotion and consequence of what was happening really fell flat for me. shay endured a lot of traumatic stuff and she didn't even seem bothered??? betrayed by the person she loves(?), essentially sold into slavery, her dad dies, devana dies - and i would've been a lot more invested if i felt the emotional weight of these things but i just didn't