fiinch's reviews
99 reviews

Poems of Sappho by John Maxwell Edmonds, Sappho

5.0

I’m changed

Bunny by Mona Awad

I have so many things to say about this book but I also just can’t think of anything to say??😭 my thoughts changed a lot throughout it — sometimes I was thinking of giving it a generous 3 stars and other times I really wished there was something higher than 5 for me to give it tbh. I enjoyed it a lot but I don’t think I’d ever read it again and I’m not really sure why?

I think it was a REALLY effective satire but I do think a lot of the reviews that compare it to Clueless/ Mean Girls saw it really differently to I did. It’s way creepier and more deranged than those but IN A GOOD WAY. At so many points i really had no clue what was real and what wasn’t or what I was reading, and it was definitely meant to be that way. The writing was FANTASTIC. I’d die for the writing. It was so so brilliant for a story like this and it made me feel like i was really in Sam’s head which was so crucial considering so much of it all WAS just in her head. I think the big reveal of everything towards the end was a little whack and I lost my place for a bit just because I didn’t really understand the back-to-forth future-past storytelling, but again I think this was effective. Once everything made sense in my mind I really appreciated how it was all revealed. I do SORT of think that the book took itself too seriously at times and Samantha acted in very normal ways to very insane situations, but also the contrast of that worked well sometimes. I DON’T KNOW HONESTLY i feel like all my thoughts on this book are so conflicting.

I LOVED the writing and really enjoyed how, despite being a mockery, the story could be read independent from that and still be fantastic. It doesn’t rely on the reader understanding the deeper message yk😻i myself definitely missed heaps of that as well.

I think sometimes the characterisation was lacking and things I thought would matter never did. But I can be convinced that all of the negatives I found in the book actually work out to be positives in one way or another, and I’m sure most of them were deliberate

I can’t even give it a rating because I think my mind will change every time I talk about it. But I’ll 100% tell everybody I know to read it

The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The writing genuinely stepped up sm in this book and idk what it was but I found it so much more engaging than the others even though I love them too <3 the lack of teamwork for the first half of the book kind of put me off and holly disrupted the dynamic a bit but in the end it all worked really well

Dreams of Clytemnestra by Dacia Mariani

5.0

Single most deranged and freakish thing I’ve ever laid eyes upon and yet incredible?? I cried?? The writing was truly insane like wtf did I even just read but. Divine.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

So pretty but I have genuinely never been so bored in all my life

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

😭😭😭😭😭

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

Did anyone ever teach this author “show don’t tell”

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

WHAT??? Ambiguous endings are so not for me and even though I know what comes next bc of Last Violent Call, i still cried endlessly. Ben and mars😭💋All the characters became so whole and complete and perfect. The monster/ madness issue did disappear off the face of the earth for like the entire book tbh and the conflict seemed very stretched out but I loved it anyway🤞

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very fun!! The pacing was perfect, the character development and reveal of the backstories was so well done, and the side characters were so well tied in but not to a point where it was confusing/ hard to follow. The plot twists were unpredictable but not unbelievable and the ending was so GOOD of a lead up to the sequel <3 imo, the perfect YA book with all the perfect characters and plotlines. I AM biased because Romeo and Juliet is already my favourite but this made it even better

I don’t think it was anything SPECIAL; I didn’t find myself tabbing any pages/ underlining any exceptional quotes but it didn’t HAVE to be special. It was just  fun, easy escapism and I was happy for it after reading some heavier books💋

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I am ended