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54 reviews

The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen

emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I loved this book. It was so good. The tension between the characters>>>> Micha won my heart. He's a green carpet!! He was literally head over heal for his girl.
   'Thinking she was dead was seriously the most terrifying thing that's ever happened to me. More than the idea of my father never returning. More than my own death' 
        -Micha Scott 

Zoo by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

2.0

The book is about the war between the humans and the animals. Every single animal is a threat. Even the pets started killing their owners. At first, I was so excited to, especially when the lion attacks started, but after 50 chapters it felt like the authors were dragging the story. It was so predictable. The book said pollution and using all these new electrical devices is ruining mother nature.. which is quite true. Global warming is real. The Glaciers are melting and it seems like the end is near.

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Deal by Elle Kennedy

emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

'Baby, I could watch you watching paint dry and I still wouldn't be bored'
         -Garrett Graham The deal

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

my first Memoir that I've ever read. Such a light short but deep book.

Morrie suffered from ALS (a deadly incurable disease) but he wasn't afraid of death like anyone else, if there were someone else,  I'm pretty sure they would have started overthinking to the point where they would gave gotten a heart attack, and the reason kf death would not be ALS but a cardiac arrest. Jokes aside, Morrie was brave, and world lost a gem like him. As Morrie said 'Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live', accepting the death needs courage that we lack. Morrie knew he was going to die but didn't stop living like actual LIVING, after every oain and becoming a burden on someone, he called himself lucky. He was an open hearted, happy old man. The book unfolds really important things like; your own self, regrets, death, family, fear of aging, marriage, culture, and forgiveness, as he said 'it is not just the people we need to forgive, we also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do, all the thinfs we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened'. Morrie changed my perspective of marriage. And I liked his rules of love and marriage. I almost cried when he died, like I already knew it's going to happen but at the end it still hurt me :(

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Every Thing is F*ucked by Mark Manson

1.75

Boring! second book of TSAONGAF. It took me weeks to finish it. I missed the humourous writing style of Manson in this book. The only thing I liked in this book was the story of the monk, it was upsetting

 
The monk burnt himself alive, and it's said that burning alive to death is the worse and the most painful death. He wanted to raise his voice so that people could hear him, the genocide that Buddhist community was facing and it happened in 1954, now it's 2024, 70 years. It's been 70 FUVKING YEARS and people are still giving themselves this painful death so that world could see. A Congolese set himself on fire because of the genocide in Congo, an American set himself on fire so that people could open their eyes and see the genocide happening in Gaza, Palestine. this is devastating:(

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson

inspiring slow-paced

4.0

I usually don't like self-help books but TSAONGAF is widely popular so i gave it a try, and it was worth it. What an eye opening book! literally the every page I flipped the words slapped me on the face. When they say reality is hard to swallow, believe them bro, cause they aren't lying. The book is written in a hilarious and entertaining way but with every page it gets serious and uncovers some bitter truths, fhat we human tend to avoid. When I was a child I always wanted to be 'special', to be extraordinary, so that I could get the attention that my heart craved for. I tried my best to be good at studies, sketching, helping abu in every way possible.. but I never realized that seeking for more and more made me judge myself every single day. It scared me to death that WHAT if people dont like me, what if they talk bad about me. The hook kinda opened my mind, no manson doesn't say that don't give a fuvk about anything but about specific 'fuvk worthy' things. I hope the way I get to understand the lesson, I act upon it too. I hope yes.

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a thrilling, heart wrenching and exciting read. I'm obsessed with anything zombie-related.. a show, an anime or even a book. I love survival stories, where you've to fight to stay alive. The cover of this book is beautiful and um ig sad?? because the eye shows fear and hunger.. the hairy skin is like too old and rotten.. it's incredible. The book kinda reminded me of AOT. In anime there were Titans and in this book there are zombies. and in both storiesthey showed that real evil is HUMANS, the read and actual, having sense and complete braincells but they lack conscience and they (those evil people) are worse than any titan or zombie.

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

adventurous challenging

3.0

I saw a reel on insta and it said 'bullying', hell idk why I'm obsessed with this trope but here I am. First 11 chapters had me hooked! The aay Misha bullied Ryen, it wasn't harmful but exciting! The way writer described Misha, got my breath hitched. Weel.. after the bullying and teasing each other when they crossed the line (iykyk).. my interested floated in air.. A red flag falling for another red flag. The character building wasn't good either.. it kinda got boring in the end.. but start was wow i must admit that.