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56 reviews
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
2.0
Aggressively mid. Edit: thinking more on it and the set up for the next book where the protagonist is an established foil to jude but is actively going down the path of evil is actually an interesting premise and adds more to the original story as well, it was a lot more intentional than i realised. the last few pages are the best part of the book but not enough to justify the 300+ pages of mediocrity
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Good book good book the protagonist is so fucked up on so many different layers it is so fun and fleshed out
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
challenging
dark
2.5
Challenging and dark, a difficult read. I understand what it was trying to do but it seems like the author found it difficult to be unclouded by bias regarding random mundane things which took me out of the experience. Also I love Harriet and emanuelle they are my children actually. Fuck gus and susanna
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
Starts to lag around the 3/4th mark then plummets into such a tender ending. My only qualm is that there's only so many times you can allude to an event before actually telling us what it is. The payoff to narrating that event tho was tremendous, you truly experience love. All of Ammu's insecurities and how holy they seem to Velutha. It makes me believe in love. Some of diction or wordplay introduced especially around the twins was difficult to follow at times, almost as if the author was playing a game we weren't privy to. Reading those lines (which are constantly repeated like a cheeky refrain) felt a bit isolating. Also I knew that the twins were going to have sex and I hate that they did why is sex the only way to "resolve" feelings or trauma girl come on. Incest plotlines r contrived and overdone buss bohot ho gaya. I've started reading an influx of books centered around motherhood and surprisingly this was one of them? Even though I had not accounted for that at all
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
2.5
Mid. Boring. Picked up the pace toward the middle but aggressively lost all momentum shortly afterwards. Drag ho gaya couldn't wait for it to end, a lot of nothing punctured by little pockets of random activity that is seemingly unrelated. I appreciate what it was trying to achieve, the commentary on motherhood was delicious and the most gratifying part to read but then the book as a whole could have been shorter? Like how did you make a book that's only 243 pages feel like a drag