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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4.0
okay but what about finnick's tracker?????
there are many unanswered questions + illogical reasoning behind quite a few things which is why ive had to bump it down to a 4.
don't @ me but i actually really enjoyed the tinge of romance sprinkled throughout the book!!
overall, a fun, exciting read but i enjoyed hunger games a bit more.
there are many unanswered questions + illogical reasoning behind quite a few things which is why ive had to bump it down to a 4.
don't @ me but i actually really enjoyed the tinge of romance sprinkled throughout the book!!
overall, a fun, exciting read but i enjoyed hunger games a bit more.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
5.0
4.5/5
this series was, in my opinion, pretty damn outstanding.
but before i get to talking about the series, i'll just give some quick thoughts on mockingjay.
progression made sense, events were mostly realistic-
had some qualms with particular events especially towards the end involving gale + katniss and coin + katniss which i'll probably go into more depths about in my review of this series on my bookstagram (@lumreads).
the action scene were quite hard to follow but i think that might've just been me? never really been a fan of reading action scenes (whether that be in manga form or with words- i just don't get it?).
this series was, in my opinion, pretty damn outstanding.
but before i get to talking about the series, i'll just give some quick thoughts on mockingjay.
progression made sense, events were mostly realistic-
had some qualms with particular events especially towards the end involving gale + katniss and coin + katniss which i'll probably go into more depths about in my review of this series on my bookstagram (@lumreads).
the action scene were quite hard to follow but i think that might've just been me? never really been a fan of reading action scenes (whether that be in manga form or with words- i just don't get it?).
The Collector by John Fowles
2.0
2 - 2.5
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i really don't know how i felt about this whole thing.
i think i might need to give this another read one day.
the bolinda narrator was amazing though- absolutely outstanding. a 5/5.
this novel wasn't what i was expecting which is both good and bad.
good in the sense that it wasn't cliche and a copy-paste "captor r*pes his captive and makes her bear his child"
bad in the sense that frederick was so-passive? as a captor?
also so uninteresting? lacking in so many ways and as a main character really failed to make the reader like or hate him.
all that i really garnered from him was that he was inept for the world.
really inept to function as a member as society not because of any sort of inherent fault beget by himself- just that some people are born into this world and raised in a household that teaches a set of values along with acceptable mannerisms that equip them in a more superior way, allowing them to not only survive but to thrive in society as well.
frederick unfortunately did not have that sort of luck.
miranda did.
and so we kind of just watch the two go back and forth, their differences quite stark.
miranda as a character was good. interesting enough, not super snobby, surprisingly maiden-like (if u kno what i mean..........................................). but i found her waffling about GP (oops called him JP before) a bit of a chore to listen to even though the bolinda narrator was a 5/5.
i don't understand how so many people that have committed similar crimes to frederick used this book as inspiration.
there really is nothing in this book that portrays kidnapping in an attractive light.
// possible spoilers
frederick literally just displays miranda. he traps her in a room. his negligence towards the conclusion of the book is equivalent to a cat playing with a dead mouse, morbid and sick. except he isn't even doing it intentionally. frederick is completely ill-equipped to function in a society and he knows it. he doesn't care.
overall, between a 2 and a 2.5.
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i really don't know how i felt about this whole thing.
i think i might need to give this another read one day.
the bolinda narrator was amazing though- absolutely outstanding. a 5/5.
this novel wasn't what i was expecting which is both good and bad.
good in the sense that it wasn't cliche and a copy-paste "captor r*pes his captive and makes her bear his child"
bad in the sense that frederick was so-passive? as a captor?
also so uninteresting? lacking in so many ways and as a main character really failed to make the reader like or hate him.
all that i really garnered from him was that he was inept for the world.
really inept to function as a member as society not because of any sort of inherent fault beget by himself- just that some people are born into this world and raised in a household that teaches a set of values along with acceptable mannerisms that equip them in a more superior way, allowing them to not only survive but to thrive in society as well.
frederick unfortunately did not have that sort of luck.
miranda did.
and so we kind of just watch the two go back and forth, their differences quite stark.
miranda as a character was good. interesting enough, not super snobby, surprisingly maiden-like (if u kno what i mean..........................................). but i found her waffling about GP (oops called him JP before) a bit of a chore to listen to even though the bolinda narrator was a 5/5.
i don't understand how so many people that have committed similar crimes to frederick used this book as inspiration.
there really is nothing in this book that portrays kidnapping in an attractive light.
// possible spoilers
frederick literally just displays miranda. he traps her in a room. his negligence towards the conclusion of the book is equivalent to a cat playing with a dead mouse, morbid and sick. except he isn't even doing it intentionally. frederick is completely ill-equipped to function in a society and he knows it. he doesn't care.
overall, between a 2 and a 2.5.
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
3.0
honestly wished i could rate this higher but the way rick fell out of love with jenna just rubbed me the wrong way :'/ and poor xavier??? you're really just gonna hit it and quit it and cuddle up to another guy like ok
coming from a migrant family, this book really hit me in the feels.
i tabbed the heck out of this book with yellow which means that i related to it.
i often wonder how different life would've turned out for my mum if she dated within her race and didn't get with my dad.
this book made me wish that i was just full chinese instead of half? and whilst it did make me feel like ever's life could've been something that i couldve had and her achievements could've been mine, completing this book has filled me up with determination.
my goals? ✅ reaching them in 2020
coming from a migrant family, this book really hit me in the feels.
i tabbed the heck out of this book with yellow which means that i related to it.
i often wonder how different life would've turned out for my mum if she dated within her race and didn't get with my dad.
this book made me wish that i was just full chinese instead of half? and whilst it did make me feel like ever's life could've been something that i couldve had and her achievements could've been mine, completing this book has filled me up with determination.
my goals? ✅ reaching them in 2020
The Museum of Broken Relationships by Drazen Grubisic, Olinka Vistica
5.0
took me a damn while to finish this book. i was so adamant that i was only going to give this a 4 at most but the last couple of pages (40~ or so) definitely struck me a little differently.
i've witnessed a failed relationship in my life. i, myself currently have not gone through one myself (or at least not a romantic one) but just reading the ones in the book and relating it to the one i have witness really caused a deep-seated pain in my heart, literally just endless discomfort, a great deal of sadness with an equally as strong "why?". why did that relationship have to end after 13 years of marriage or, why did he fall out of love and leave her to piece herself together with no help? why- how could a human be so selfish and let a relationship fall apart like that?
some entries were about other types of relationships- familial, platonic, etc.
absent father figures or absent fathers were the next most painful thing to read about. i understood, i understand. but i love my mother very much and never let it bother me.
i'm happy people got their closure through this museum and its book.
i've witnessed a failed relationship in my life. i, myself currently have not gone through one myself (or at least not a romantic one) but just reading the ones in the book and relating it to the one i have witness really caused a deep-seated pain in my heart, literally just endless discomfort, a great deal of sadness with an equally as strong "why?". why did that relationship have to end after 13 years of marriage or, why did he fall out of love and leave her to piece herself together with no help? why- how could a human be so selfish and let a relationship fall apart like that?
some entries were about other types of relationships- familial, platonic, etc.
absent father figures or absent fathers were the next most painful thing to read about. i understood, i understand. but i love my mother very much and never let it bother me.
i'm happy people got their closure through this museum and its book.
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
2.0
some of it resonated with me.
many? not so much.
to each their own but i felt like a lot of the prose just missed the mark.
just a few more words here and it really would have driven the message home.
many? not so much.
to each their own but i felt like a lot of the prose just missed the mark.
just a few more words here and it really would have driven the message home.