sarayuu's reviews
39 reviews

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Spoilers ahead !!!!

This book was completely different from the show (by the time of writing this I have only watched Part 1 of the polin season) I haven't read any bridgerton books before and I was interested in this because of the show!

I did like the characters in the book and lady whistledown didn't feel as dark as a secret compared to the show, because I don't think Colin would be as chill in the show and I very much lived the fact that Colin knew about her before they got together and I wanted the same in the show but I'm not sure that happens lol

I found Colin's anger to be a bit too much at certain instances but his ending speech did cover it for me. 

Also he better have talked about Penelope as his wonderful editor  in his books lmao

Some other thoughts i had while reading : 
• Why is Colin's personality trait his hunger like that's bought up every single time it's crazy 🤣 
• Oh and lady Danbury stabs everyone with her crane
• I get that penelope was a wallflower but the repeated reminders were a bit much lmao.

I did enjoy reading it tho! I breezed through it rather quickly and the last chapter was worth it haha the thrill was fantastic hehe 

The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was very interesting.. I will definitely be looking into Adlerian psychology. This was written in a simple language which will help people stick to the end too. There were some concepts that might be hard to understand or accept and I get it, my internal consciousness does agree with most of what's said. But life is complicated sometimes... I still have a lot to learn maybe ? But to me it is complicated and I'll have to introspect a bit more.

Living here and now, separation of tasks, to be okay with being disliked, contribution to others, confidence in others, comrade behaviour and some other concepts were great :') 

The Cursed Hermit by Kris Bertin

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this more than the first book!! The best thing about these books is the artstyle to me. It's so dynamic the shading, the expressions and the way they narrate certain instances is like watching something . The editing is very cool. I loved this one because of how mysterious it seemed. I love Pauline too and I loved seeing her explore this. At the end I still didn't get answers to all my questions. But I loved it. 
I like culty mysteries so diving in to this was pretty cool the visions and experiences that Pauline goes through were drawn so well!!

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.

Maybe I'll get back to it some other time 

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Darwinian Stories Told Through Evolutionary Biology by Léo Grasset

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Picked this up while browsing the nonfiction shelves and the moment I read evolution stories I was sold! I wish I read the unabridged version but this was good too! Evolution is so fascinating and as someone who didn't major in biology and still have the love for the highschool biology I enjoyed reading this. It's a light read and nothing too intense so it's great for beginners. As always I come back having deeper appreciation in all the living beings after reading this. 

Shoutout to Elephants, honey badgers , dung beetles (my favourite), zebras (no one can point to a specific reason for their stripes lmao) 

Ticket to Childhood: A Novel by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, Will Naythons

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

2.75

This book has its sweet moments! But there were some moments of casual misogyny. It did leave me introspecting my own childhood.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

AAAAA the prose was wonderful. Its miss Austen need I say more 😭
Edit: I've been reading people's experience and it is helping me with falling in love with it more. I am slowly understanding why this is a big deal.

To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

These short stories were packed with emotion and they were so well portrayed!! I did like them all however my favorite has to be the Hot Watermelon and David in Love! The way Toda portrayed the pain a mother goes through through their panels made me feel it in my skin that's just good storytelling!!! Will definitely look into their future works 🐢

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Who doesn't know New York! But I was never too excited about it. However this book has convinced me that it is worthy of that excitement. The illustrations were cute and lovely! 

Eve by Una

challenging hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

I was hoping there was more and I completed it but I'm not sure what to take away from this. This artstyle was not for me unfortunately I couldn't recognize which character was being shown at some instances. There was something going but it was not fleshed out properly. It all seems implicit and subtle and I guess thats mostly it I guess. The introduction about eve being right about something didn't make sense ? It didn't make sense to me