spacey_ghost's reviews
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What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.

Dropped so hard. Felt too quirky and unbelievable for me

Prince Freya, Vol. 1 by Keiko Ishihara
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.

Was hoping for more Ouran vibes and this was not it

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 64%.

Really tried my best to sit through and still had to put this down. I don't know why this was such a hard read for me but I just couldn't seem to care about anything going on, even when one of the characters has the whole "actual magic and has been kidnapped" thing going on

If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.

Feels like this would be much better if the characters were aged up and not high schoolers. Maybe just me getting too old for generic teen romances. I did feel as though the main character was too controlling and I'm not in the mood to sit through a "will they/won't they" with this man's ex who is way too casual about their breakup

Moby Dick; or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.

Was interesting at first and now can't focus fully on what's going on to continue

Venom & Vow by Elliott McLemore, Anna-Marie McLemore
Did not finish book. Stopped at 65%.

On paper, this is an amazing concept and I was so excited to read this (and thankful for getting an early copy). However, the execution leaves much to be desired. Right off the bat, it was confusing to make sense of what was going on or why things were the way they were. There's not really an explanation of how each of these kingdoms worked or why some decisions within these kingdoms were made. Why did Cade abdicate when he's going to pretend to be his brother anyways and how does no one who has spent time with the two of them in the same room immediately figure out that they aren't the same person? It's not 100% clear who knows and who doesn't know or why they made this arrangement in the first place. Also I feel there were many chapters where the POV switch was unnecessary and we could've learned the same information within the same POV. There could be something great here, just after a few more rewrites and with longer, more detailed chapters.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

I've had this book on my shelf for so many years and finally got the motivation to crack this open and see what all the fuss is about and just couldn't grab me. Even paused for a second to try and read Shadow and Bone in case reading that first might make my experience with this better and nope, couldn't read that one either. And if I couldn't finish Shadow and Bone, then I should stop pretending I'm ever going to continue and finish Six of Crows

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

Just couldn't grab me even with me getting further in this than Six of Crows

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky
Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

prose was too quirky for me and I admit I have no patience to see if it gets better

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

3.0

Let's give it up for bisexual rage!!! This is for those that also would love to shatter the patriarchy and destroy the government. Very happy with confirmed polyamory!!! We need more polyam rep in books.

I love Yizhi and how sure, he's a pretty boy who bakes with fluffy aprons yet is still just as involved and supportive of Zetian and Shimin's violence