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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
I had a hope that this would be good and that I could enjoy something like the shining again, but alas, I didnt even get 100 pages in. The writing is okay and I don't think the plot has really started where I stopped, but after the third csa story, I got kinda sick of it. The blatant misogyny didn't help.
I'm not against these things being in a story, but somehow, the way King wrote them left a bad taste in my mouth and I just don't care enough to read on.
I'm not against these things being in a story, but somehow, the way King wrote them left a bad taste in my mouth and I just don't care enough to read on.
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
4.0
This books has scared me for the past however many years since I bought it. It's been a, probably seven years since I read Six of Crows duology, and maybe four or five since I read the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Despite my love for the SoC, I didn't care much for Shadow and Bone (I did read all the books, though), and this scared me when I bought this book, something I did solely because it's about Nikolai and he's my favorite character from S&B and very much made the trilogy worth reading.
However, I had very little to worry about. Whilst I do think this book has an incredibly slow start somwhat unnecessarily - though it does pay off as you get into the meat of it - I still had a blast going back into this world. I have a thousand questions as I finished the book and I know for certain that I will be picking up the next one, possibly sooner than I might've thought myself due to the ending. I found the return to characters great, most of the plot interesting and fascinating. I will admit that, despite how exciting and nervous I was reading, parts of the plot aren't to my liking, not necessarily because it is bad, but because I believe Bardugo has the capabilities to do more instead of reusing something already done (that is very vague and iykyk).
One thing I do want to highlight is Bardugou's great way of writing a slowburn. I am not a romance person outside of fanfiction, usually don't need it in my books, most often don't mind. Yet, I do sit here and giggle to myself like a teenager at times, hoping there will at least be a kiss to satisfy me.
also this is just a stupid little thing, but how come Nina mentions Inej, Kaz and Jesper multiple times, but she doesn't mention Wylan even once? Am I misremembering something or did Bardugo herself forget about him (I know she didn't). Im sorry, I just wanted him mentioned whent the rest of them were
However, I had very little to worry about. Whilst I do think this book has an incredibly slow start somwhat unnecessarily - though it does pay off as you get into the meat of it - I still had a blast going back into this world. I have a thousand questions as I finished the book and I know for certain that I will be picking up the next one, possibly sooner than I might've thought myself due to the ending. I found the return to characters great, most of the plot interesting and fascinating. I will admit that, despite how exciting and nervous I was reading, parts of the plot aren't to my liking, not necessarily because it is bad, but because I believe Bardugo has the capabilities to do more instead of reusing something already done (that is very vague and iykyk).
One thing I do want to highlight is Bardugou's great way of writing a slowburn. I am not a romance person outside of fanfiction, usually don't need it in my books, most often don't mind. Yet, I do sit here and giggle to myself like a teenager at times, hoping there will at least be a kiss to satisfy me.
Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
This is a fairly okay book, but at some point I felt it didn't actually manage to capture what's good with the original play by Shakespeare. It's not only missing something, but it's doing a bad job of conveying what I think it should. I will also say that the way Macbeth is introduced at first makes the actions he takes later not make any sense. This is explained and it's logically makes sense, but it feels wrong. I don't believe it and ruins my immersion.
Here's to Us by Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
I think I would've liked this when it came out and I originally bought it, but as my tastes are now, this just didn't hit the mark and I dont need to spend time reading something I don't like. It's not bad, it just, isnt for me.