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kimu23's Reviews (773)
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I watched the movie first and I liked it then I heard that they changed a lot from the comic so I tried reading it. I have to say that the comic is definitely way better. The movie made it more simple, happy and childish, which work well for an animated movie for children, but I prefer the comic.
I really wish they adapted the comic's story because I find that I like everything about it more. Ballister and Ambrosius relationship, Nimona and Ballister found family, and even the Director seems more intimidating. It's really too bad but I still really enjoyed both.
I really wish they adapted the comic's story because I find that I like everything about it more. Ballister and Ambrosius relationship, Nimona and Ballister found family, and even the Director seems more intimidating. It's really too bad but I still really enjoyed both.
Another day, another weak willed heroine forgiving an undeserving hero in romance.
This actually annoyed me so fucking much. Is it so hard to make your female lead NOT thinking of how handsome and sexy the male lead when she currently hates him??? Is it just me who lost all attraction to people the moment I hate them??? Surely it's not that hard to write a woman boiling in anger for years. Surely it's not hard to write a proper development of their feelings to each other without forcing some stupid 'physical attraction'. Why is it that EVERY romance I read have been such a miss in this aspect???
The male lead lost me the moment he called the female lead 'a soiled goods'. It doesn't matter what the reason is (mind you, his reason is shitty. He literally only called her that as a joke and only regret that she overhears it) or if it happened in the distant past (it was only 4 years ago), a male lead comparing the female lead to a fucking object is unforgivable TO ME. The groveling or the redemption needs to be top tier for me to actually like him back, unfortunately this happened very rarely.
In terms of writing, I don't think I'm suited for Mary Balogh's writing style. She always mentions and explains too much about the family members or other side characters. I'm not kidding when I said that the side characters take up half of her stories, in this one and the previous one I read. They are all very obviously either the previous MCs or her next MCs. Thanks to this, her current MCs feel like a side character to their own story or just one of the main characters when they should be THE main character.
I also dislike of how the family members here just... manipulated the situations and trying to play matchmaker with the leads. I'm usually okay with this trope but in here, it just made the romance unnatural in their progression.
For now, this is all I can think of. I wasn't really expecting much tbh so this just fell within my expectations.
This actually annoyed me so fucking much. Is it so hard to make your female lead NOT thinking of how handsome and sexy the male lead when she currently hates him??? Is it just me who lost all attraction to people the moment I hate them??? Surely it's not that hard to write a woman boiling in anger for years. Surely it's not hard to write a proper development of their feelings to each other without forcing some stupid 'physical attraction'. Why is it that EVERY romance I read have been such a miss in this aspect???
The male lead lost me the moment he called the female lead 'a soiled goods'. It doesn't matter what the reason is (mind you, his reason is shitty. He literally only called her that as a joke and only regret that she overhears it) or if it happened in the distant past (it was only 4 years ago), a male lead comparing the female lead to a fucking object is unforgivable TO ME. The groveling or the redemption needs to be top tier for me to actually like him back, unfortunately this happened very rarely.
In terms of writing, I don't think I'm suited for Mary Balogh's writing style. She always mentions and explains too much about the family members or other side characters. I'm not kidding when I said that the side characters take up half of her stories, in this one and the previous one I read. They are all very obviously either the previous MCs or her next MCs. Thanks to this, her current MCs feel like a side character to their own story or just one of the main characters when they should be THE main character.
I also dislike of how the family members here just... manipulated the situations and trying to play matchmaker with the leads. I'm usually okay with this trope but in here, it just made the romance unnatural in their progression.
For now, this is all I can think of. I wasn't really expecting much tbh so this just fell within my expectations.
This is actually a fun read.
Whenever there's a psychopath character in fiction, they're usually depicted as a creepy unreadable manipulative guy and most of the times they're the antagonist. This is the first time where they're the protagonists and are the victims in these murder mystery.
I genuinely had fun reading this. For one thing, it was really nice to see a female MC being unsympathetic and not care for anyone's feeling. Also I'm SO happy that Chloe got to killed her rapist and the murderer. I was afraid that the author was going to made Chloe not do it because of the law or something, but she actually did it. Plus, Chloe wasn't caught or punished for her crimes!
That said, I don't know if this book actually depicted psychopath correctly or anything like that. I think maybe no? The writing (especially in the first part) are also a bit immature and very obviously YA. However since this is YA, that's probably not a problem.
Anyway, I finished this quickly because I like it and had fun reading it. A solid YA murder mystery.
Whenever there's a psychopath character in fiction, they're usually depicted as a creepy unreadable manipulative guy and most of the times they're the antagonist. This is the first time where they're the protagonists and are the victims in these murder mystery.
I genuinely had fun reading this. For one thing, it was really nice to see a female MC being unsympathetic and not care for anyone's feeling.
That said, I don't know if this book actually depicted psychopath correctly or anything like that. I think maybe no? The writing (especially in the first part) are also a bit immature and very obviously YA. However since this is YA, that's probably not a problem.
Anyway, I finished this quickly because I like it and had fun reading it. A solid YA murder mystery.
Diverse cast of characters:
No
One of the better written old YA series for sure, but it's very underwhelming. The characters and the romance are good, but the plot and the antagonist are very weak. All of the important events happened and ended too fast in a very anticlimatic way. Most of the story are just Katsa in a journey to go somewhere. I hope the next book in this series is actually good because the way people are talking about this series, I was expecting a Six of Crow level writing.
There are many things that annoyed me, so much more than what I liked in this book.
- Colonialism and racism clearly existed here, as in this isn't something like the Bridgerton show universe. Despite that, it feels like our main characters just... ignore it? Sania and Isha were shocked when Lara explained about the Ton's racism which doesn't make any sense seeing that they both used to lived in India during this time.
- Hawk's cousin, the antagonist of this book, is a colonel in the British army. If you know history then you know what the fuck the British army was doing in those time. I can't imagine wanting to marry someone that has a family in the army that is currently occupying my homeland.
- I know that I shouldn't expected much from historical romance and that any discussion about colonialism or racism will only be surface level. However I honestly prefer the author making up another universe rather than something so flimsy like this. The previous book pretty much ignored the colonialism and only touched the racism Lara faced, which I can tolerate because it didn't take up much of the book.
- The third act breakup is very annoying. What Hawk did is unforgivable to ME yet one apology is enough to made Sania forgave him and they're married immediately. I also dislike how Sania's trauma was made all about Hawk's instead. It turned into Sania and his friends convincing Hawk that 'he is a good man after all' and how 'he is better man than Will'. Personally, if a character can't recognized their quality by themself then it's just poor writing.
That's all I can think about right now. I do like the author's writing style, this remain unchanged from the first book I read from her. I like the way she writes romance so I'll definitely be reading her again. It's just too bad about this one.
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I was fully expecting to cried when I finished this but I never expected that I would cry 3 chapters in. Such a short manga, yet it manages to be so emotional. Love it.
(I do think the extra chapter is not needed. It kinda ruined the mood)
(I do think the extra chapter is not needed. It kinda ruined the mood)