obliviously's reviews
136 reviews

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

• stephen king is stephen king
• the ending is a ride but was it worth the rest? no

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

• the beginning had me HOOKED then it slowed down in the middle
• i’m picky w supernatural but this book was a hit

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

• tried to do too much
• it's not social commentary if you just introduce things & don't engage w them. like the narrator
  got tear gassed & watched a man set himself on fire
  & it had no impact

Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City by Madi Haslam

• nostalgia read

Mudflowers by Aley Waterman

5.0

• felt similar to lazy city but set in toronto (pretty prose, inquisitive narrator, messy unconventional relationships, meditations on grief & what it means to love)

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

• dolly i love u but please don't do a man's pov again

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

• i usually don't mind a plotless book but this took so much effort
• writing is pretty but in a tiring way

The Between by Tananarive Due

• didn't like the narrator & his wife is a cop
• not scary

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

• it took me forever to get through this but i have DONE IT
• was tricked by the communism plot into reading a book about motherhood ugh

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

• big time tw
• beautifully BEAUTIFULLY written