tospeakordie's reviews
189 reviews

Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan

3.5

the verse was gorgeous and kept giving my tingles, but i didn’t realise they were vampires until i read the author’s note at the end? i thought the blood was ONLY a metaphor, and to read other reviews and realise others realised they were vampires makes me want to reread with that knowledge

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i think this book will stay with me for a while

The Golden Hour by Niki Smith

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

what gorgeous illustration omgg

A Fly Went by by Mike McClintock

that rap made me read all 72 pages of this book 

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

such a fast paced well thought out book, the ending was not great for my taste which is what stopped this from being a 5 star read (so close) 
so fun + aware 

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

was i absolutely just sitting there waiting for sam? yes. thank you TJR 

Boys Run the Riot, Volume 1 by Keito Gaku

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

this book makes me feel confident and able to live freely. i feel like even though it was a short manga, i'll often find myself thinking about ryou and jin and how living shamelessly gives you 1000x times more freedom. cause all i want is to live without regrets and shame and to be myself without worrying all the time what others would think. i think that next time i'll imagine what ryou would do 



NO SHAME IN MY GAME

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

the writing style wasn’t my favorite but it was definitely addictive in how fast paced it was. i hated all the characters, they didn’t feel fleshed out and were just annoying for most of the book. the manipulation was juicy though if not horrifying, and it was primarily the shock from this being my first domestic thriller got me through lol

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

hopeful slow-paced

3.75

I really appreciate this angle of Afghanistan being shown to me since I had little pior knowledge of Kabul under Taliban regime, but honestly I couldn't tell what this book was striving to be stylistically. If it was to be a journalism story, I think it fell flat. As another reviewer said, it feels like fiction, and this sort of ruins the realism of the story imo. I kept reading because I love knowing what life was like and I liked Kamlia's determination, but if not for my own personal interest in the subject I probably would've put it down due to the uninteresting narration style.

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

funny inspiring relaxing

4.5

this was such good fun to read, i love will’s narrative. so much fun and so real