qilovik's reviews
475 reviews

The Last Chance Hotel by Nicki Thornton

5.0

This is a really fun book with great characters (including a fabulous grouchy cat!), just enough magic and lots of intrigue!

Pastel Spells by Orriculum Rose

2.0

I’m not gonna lie when I say the book is cute and had potential. But unfortunately it fell short of my expectations. The book does have spelling and grammar errors too which is something you should double check before having your book published. And there are several spells that are missing the ingredients.

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O'Neill

4.0

This book, and the entire trilogy, is such a relaxing read. Just a cozy feeling all the way through. I wish it didn't end.

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

1.0

Not poetry

This book
is not poetry

Nor is it
good writing

nothing more
than recycled tumblr
quotes and
hitting enter
a bunch
of times

over and over

- A review in the style of Rupi Kaur

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

3.0

Seems like it's meant to be deep and thought provoking, but in my opinion it's a very basic storyline with little development. Nothing that happened in the book is explained or explicable (I don't think this makes it "mysterious" as some others mentioned, there just doesn't seem to be enough substance to make it worth dissecting). Some also commented that it well describes adolescent life... It really is not as most of main plotline involves actions that don't make sense and are unlikely to happen in real life.

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

3.0

I found the first half not amusing but annoying, the narrator plays with words and zings social media, especially twitter, over and over again. The second half, which deals with a family crisis, feels like an entirely different book. The first half is a fever dream of social media references with no plot. The second half is an absolutely beautiful depiction of the birth, short life and death of a disabled child. I don’t understand how these two parts are meant to fit together. It was really difficult and confusing, one of the most bewildring books I've ever read.

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

3.0

A Room of One’s Own is definitely one of the most challenging books I’ve read recently, and I’m not sure that I can, you know, actually write a good review of it. It was so hard to understand, dry and boring at some point. Virginia Woolf makes sombre interesting points though. Reading this 80+ years after it was published is a different experience, I think, than reading it in the time in which it was written. I think I'll go next to more of her fiction as I don't think this is her best work or medium.

The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel

4.0

Owls have always been really intriguing birds that easily capture my attention and curiosity and they're made even more so by reading this book. The facts in this book may help clear up a bit of the owls mystery and reveal what they really are.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

2.0

Please someone stop humanity from romanticizing cancer to make such painfully cheesy love stories out of it. That was mighty awful. The book is simply not believable to me. I know it is fiction but fiction can be made into a very believable book if it has relatable characters or storyline. Hazel's parents characteristics are contradictory. They are portrayed to be protective of their daughter's well-being and safety but this conveniently dissipates when Hazel wanted to fly to Amsterdam with Gus. And seriously, what's with the kiss in Anne Frank's house?! And the guys are even clapping?! This was GREAT disrespect to Anne Frank. It started off nice. I thought it was going to tell a realistic love story. Instead, it gave what it said it wasn't, a fairy tale and a cheesy one at that.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

5.0

Holy f what did I just read?! This book is short but it is a scary rollercoaster. Two girls meet in a chat room for an apple peeler and fall in an obsessive love master/slave partnership that is really unsettling and creepy. One is really manipulative and monstrous with what she makes her slave do and it's really insane that she allows it to happen to her. They are both clearly unwell and it is a thriller of a read. There is gore and rotten meat and social punishments that will make you cringe. But definitely a read with a moral of a story. Don't fall for people online that you can't meet in person. You don't know who someone truly is until you see it for yourself.