lai_lai24's Reviews (8)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba

2.75

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Read it for school, but it wasn't the worst.

Things We Never Got Over

Lucy Score

3.75

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Legendary

Stephanie Garber

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao

5.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad 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

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Eric LaRocca

DID NOT FINISH: 42%

I'm 13... and even thou my friend whose older than me with just a few months rlly liked it... I just couldn't, ifykyk. Ik like 2 other friends who read it I think and loved so I'm just soft ig, idk but my other friend agreed with me soooo... just know THIS ISNT FOR THE LIGHTTHEARTED. I quit after 42% of the book btw 🥲🥲🥲 like right after the contract...

Content Warnings

Caraval

Stephanie Garber

3.75

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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: No

Barbi and The Villain

Veronica Lancet

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

THE WRITING STYLE AND THE FACT THAT HER DOG IS CALLED POMPOM JUST WASNT FOR ME. I only started this book cus me and my friend wanted to write one and it had a similar idea to this one, so she asked me to read it even though she did warn me about the writing. (PS: she told me to read it, even thou she said it was "kinda cringy", cus of the world-building and even though I never passed 100 pages I could tell from where I stopped that the world building was pretty nice so i dont blame my friend, but still like NO TO THIS BOOK.) I stopped at like beginning of Chapter 5 and couldn't keep going. Sorry, not sorry. This may vibe with you but it was def not for me. (ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT FEARLESS COMES OUT TODAY SO BE HAPPY)

Content Warnings

The Ballad of Never After

Stephanie Garber

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

This book was truly magnificent and if anything it was AN EPIC FAIRY TALE full of love, betrayal, friendship, and hate. This book didn't feel like just and beautiful experience, IT WAS EVERYTHING. The emotions felt so truthful to the point where I teared in some parts of the book, and I rarely cry over something fictional so this proves alot. Overall, the ending was why this book wasn't a five stars. AGAIN, I had high expectations that were clearly not put in this book. And let's just say, so I don't spoil too much, that the ending is... intriguing. I have high hopes to the next and after what this one has done to me I was left on the edge of my seat. I WILL BE GOING TO READ THE THIRD RIGHT NOW and incase you haven't read the first or this one YOU SHOULD GO DO THAT TOO.

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