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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2.0
I have finished this book for like a month now and I have yet to form a feeling toward the book.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
5.0
If I ever read, hear or even SMELL the phrase "hem, hem" ever again, I'm Avada Kedavraing someone.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4.0
I'm not even going to write what I think of the book because I'm currently devastated. I appreciate your understanding. But somebody dare argue with me that it is not Regulus Arcturus Black, Sirius's brother. Because I know it is him.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5.0
While I feel like there are a lot of scenes that could have been executed better and other multiple flaws in the book , I don't want to deliberately state them because I don't think I can bear having a sort of really, really flawed view on the last thing I can hold on to the series. So there's that.
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
3.0
I haven't read a lot of books-in-verse to talk about the book from this angle, but Home of the Brave is such a beautiful, simple read with a meaningful story. I enjoyed reading the simple words of this great book, and Kek, who is a Sudanese refugee coming to America to start a new life with his aunt and cousin, tells us about this different country from his point of view with innocent, afraid but mostly hopeful and curios words. He learns about the snow, the planes, the TV, but he still terribly misses his old life and clings to everything that reminds him of his homeland.
What I didn't like about the story however is that it doesn't show the complete truth, or we can say it leaves bit and pieces from the problems refugees face, especially that Kek is a person of color. Yes, there was a hint of that in parts two and three, and this is a children's book after all — and what a good book it is too, especially for kids! Though there were a couple of issues in the book that didn't entirely appeal to my taste, Katherine Applegate's Home of the Brave remain an excellent read.
What I didn't like about the story however is that it doesn't show the complete truth, or we can say it leaves bit and pieces from the problems refugees face, especially that Kek is a person of color. Yes, there was a hint of that in parts two and three, and this is a children's book after all — and what a good book it is too, especially for kids! Though there were a couple of issues in the book that didn't entirely appeal to my taste, Katherine Applegate's Home of the Brave remain an excellent read.