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Final Girls by Riley Sager
3.0
i loved the premise of this book but i hated the characters. quincy was okay at first but page by page i just started to dislike her. i absolutely HATED sam she was so unlikeable and i could not stand her. anyways this book was just ok lol
An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
5.0
i am so fond of simone st james. her books feel like a warm hug on a cold rainy day in a seaside town in 1923. i loved this book. the thrill was so good and i felt like i was figuring everything out right as jillian was. THAT is the sign of a magnificent thriller.
Silence For the Dead by Simone St. James
5.0
simone st james has done it AGAIN!!!! sleepy seaside towns that never stop raining are now my dream home… i don’t even care if they’re haunted
Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood
“It seems as if no matter how active or passive a girl is, she is still doomed.”
I am deeply saddened by what Alisson Wood went through. This book is quite hard to read because, as a reader, you can see everything completely WRONG with what is happening to her. However, you can also see why she doesn’t KNOW or SEE why is wrong.
SURE, she’s only 17 for about a semester. SURE, she turns 18 and is an adult. SURE, they don’t actually “do anything” until she graduates. Sure.
But he holds power over her, and that is the entire point. The school play? Withholding hall passes until he gets what he wants? “I’ll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours, but this isn’t actually a choice think of what I’m sacrificing for us to even have this conversation”???
The way she showed the “sweet” moments intertwined with the abusive moments show that she is not a reliable narrator for over half of her story. And by the time you realize it… she is telling you herself.
This story is heartbreaking and my heart truly does hurt for her.
“It seems as if no matter how active or passive a girl is, she is still doomed.”
I am deeply saddened by what Alisson Wood went through. This book is quite hard to read because, as a reader, you can see everything completely WRONG with what is happening to her. However, you can also see why she doesn’t KNOW or SEE why is wrong.
SURE, she’s only 17 for about a semester. SURE, she turns 18 and is an adult. SURE, they don’t actually “do anything” until she graduates. Sure.
But he holds power over her, and that is the entire point. The school play? Withholding hall passes until he gets what he wants? “I’ll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours, but this isn’t actually a choice think of what I’m sacrificing for us to even have this conversation”???
The way she showed the “sweet” moments intertwined with the abusive moments show that she is not a reliable narrator for over half of her story. And by the time you realize it… she is telling you herself.
This story is heartbreaking and my heart truly does hurt for her.