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Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
very cute
“you seem much more like yourself around him” KILLED ME
“you seem much more like yourself around him” KILLED ME
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
I know a lot of people don't like this last book but I thought it was a really fitting end to the series. I liked seeing friends and foes from past books again, even if the plotting behind them showing up is a little weak. I think with either a better mystery plot, one that was less dramatic, or no real mystery at all I would have given this 4 stars, but Harris pokes fun at its clumsiness so I don't mind too much.
I know a lot of people wanted Sookie to end up with someone else, or even by herself, but it's been obvious from the beginning that this is always how it was going to end. Every unique book cover in this series depicts Sookie at night, and in this last installment we finally see her facing the sunrise, home, surrounded by friends, and flourishing.
This series was a fun read with excellent world building, I definitely recommend :)
I know a lot of people wanted Sookie to end up with someone else, or even by herself, but it's been obvious from the beginning that this is always how it was going to end. Every unique book cover in this series depicts Sookie at night, and in this last installment we finally see her facing the sunrise, home, surrounded by friends, and flourishing.
This series was a fun read with excellent world building, I definitely recommend :)
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
4.0
man, i really thought she was going to time travel or change the past somehow
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
4.0
I'm not sure what people have against the later books in the series - I really liked this one! I like that Sookie, her world, and her friends are becoming more complex, and that Sookie is growing and changing as she adapts to her circumstances and struggles to figure out the right thing to do in situations that get further and further from the moral framework she grew up with.
Some of the earlier books in this series struggled to balance the return-to-the-norm standard that a lot of mystery series have with the fact that Sookie faces extreme circumstances, and it would be a little ridiculous to her to return to the somewhat sheltered and naive character she was in the first book. I think this book and the last one have resolved that struggle well. Sookie has changed and become more cautious, but her innate concern for others and desire to help and do good are still very much present.
Some of the earlier books in this series struggled to balance the return-to-the-norm standard that a lot of mystery series have with the fact that Sookie faces extreme circumstances, and it would be a little ridiculous to her to return to the somewhat sheltered and naive character she was in the first book. I think this book and the last one have resolved that struggle well. Sookie has changed and become more cautious, but her innate concern for others and desire to help and do good are still very much present.
The Quarantine Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
2.0
At this point Mia is in her 30s (the timeline of these books is somewhat fantastical), and while we’re told she’s developed in her career, the focus of the books is her personal life and it’s frustrating that between her mid-twenties and early thirties there’s been very little development. In fact, she appears to be about as emotionally mature as she was at the end of high school/the tenth book. Like seriously, kick your awful, covid-carrying grandmother out of YOUR castle to one of her MANY OTHER properties, stop letting her and everyone else walk all over you. And communicate with your husband! Of course people and characters have flaws, but they also grow and change over time, and Mia’s personal life is incredibly stagnant over these last couple books.
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
4.0
oh man, those last few pages gave me chills. i really hope we get to see more sookie and hunter interactions and that she can make the road easier for him than it was for her. i think that would really help her make peace with and heal from her childhood 😢