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itzami's Reviews (110)
Once again Emily St. John Mandel shows her excellent witchcraft of shapeshifting time during her narrative, and, mostly, that's why I'm here
Very much enjoyed this one.
It’s somewhat different from the other Maigret books that I’ve read, as in: Maigret feels a lot more chill, grounded and just looking to enjoy life (I’ve never seen him mentioning beers so many times
It’s somewhat different from the other Maigret books that I’ve read, as in: Maigret feels a lot more chill, grounded and just looking to enjoy life (I’ve never seen him mentioning beers so many times
A very humane Maigret and definitely a character builder story. The plot wasn’t very exciting but any book where Maigret feels the case in his heart and soul gets a 4⭐️
A grown-up-ish fantasy story that could have been a children's book.
Kingfisher definitely shows her proficiency in dealing with young characters and the book is full of charm.
The plot was simple but engaging; the only thing that made me take 1⭐ was the last part of the book, which felt too long for its own sake
Kingfisher definitely shows her proficiency in dealing with young characters and the book is full of charm.
The plot was simple but engaging; the only thing that made me take 1⭐ was the last part of the book, which felt too long for its own sake
Gonna be honest... I don't think this book is very good and can't comprehend how there was so much hype around it.
- The world-building is nonexistent (I can't comprehend how there can be a fantasy book without at least properly explaining how it works - and not just 'faes here, humans there, there was a war')
- The writing is way too simple for its own good and even the romance scenes read all the same way
- The plot was very corny for me and I kept thinking of Twilight (maybe this is the Twilight Saga of 2010s); I mean, 'guy kidnaps girl, girl finds out that guy is not that bad, guy and girl fall in love, girl leaves and wants to come back' is not really original
- Amarantha wasn't there to be an interesting character, but it should; it just was portrayed as the generic villain to make the story move forward.
Overall, didn't really make me feel wanting to read the the rest of the books... It's almost like I can guess what will happen on them
- The world-building is nonexistent (I can't comprehend how there can be a fantasy book without at least properly explaining how it works - and not just 'faes here, humans there, there was a war')
- The writing is way too simple for its own good and even the romance scenes read all the same way
- The plot was very corny for me and I kept thinking of Twilight (maybe this is the Twilight Saga of 2010s); I mean, 'guy kidnaps girl, girl finds out that guy is not that bad, guy and girl fall in love, girl leaves and wants to come back' is not really original
- Amarantha wasn't there to be an interesting character, but it should; it just was portrayed as the generic villain to make the story move forward.
Overall, didn't really make me feel wanting to read the the rest of the books... It's almost like I can guess what will happen on them
I don’t think this book is made for me…
While it is certainly interesting, I didn’t get the ‘oh, it really be like that’ that most people seem to get; but it did help to strengthen my view on society.
What I didn’t like:
- I didn’t learn anything new from it
- the book could have had 1/3 of its size since it repeats itself a lot
- I could have lived without reading Goldstein’s book within the book
- some parts were very vague while other parts were very specific without any particular reason
I think that Animal Farm is a much better book and dissertation than this one
While it is certainly interesting, I didn’t get the ‘oh, it really be like that’ that most people seem to get; but it did help to strengthen my view on society.
What I didn’t like:
- I didn’t learn anything new from it
- the book could have had 1/3 of its size since it repeats itself a lot
- I could have lived without reading Goldstein’s book within the book
- some parts were very vague while other parts were very specific without any particular reason
I think that Animal Farm is a much better book and dissertation than this one
This book didn’t hit me as I expected but left two things on my mind:
- the surprising ability of a person to just accommodate and not fight back
- the isolation and inadequacy resonated in me as something that someone on the last years of their life might feel when they have nothing, and no one, to old to (pretty much my biggest fear of growing old)
An enjoyable book and not as weird as I thought it would be
- the surprising ability of a person to just accommodate and not fight back
- the isolation and inadequacy resonated in me as something that someone on the last years of their life might feel when they have nothing, and no one, to old to (pretty much my biggest fear of growing old)
An enjoyable book and not as weird as I thought it would be
I was willing to take 1⭐ out of the score for the excessive use of Shakespeare but then I started thinking if that was a shortcoming of the book or a shortcoming of myself