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"He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside him."
This is the line that sold me on this book. The moment I read/heard it I was just completely invested in these characters and the journey they were taking.
Other reasons to read:
Non-White and LGBT characters
Emotionally complex main and supporting characters
A dog called legs
Slow burn
Narration by Lin-Manuel Miranda
It's so good and I feeling like anything else I had to say would be giving away too much.
This is the line that sold me on this book. The moment I read/heard it I was just completely invested in these characters and the journey they were taking.
Other reasons to read:
Non-White and LGBT characters
Emotionally complex main and supporting characters
A dog called legs
Slow burn
Narration by Lin-Manuel Miranda
It's so good and I feeling like anything else I had to say would be giving away too much.
Just sorta meh. I finished it, so it wan't that bad. But I wasn't that enthusiastic about reading it.
The ending lacked closure, but I wasn't invested enough to be too upset about it.
The ending lacked closure, but I wasn't invested enough to be too upset about it.
The first half of the book - the parts about high frequency trading and trying to figure out exactly what it is they to do to make money. That half of the book I'd give 4-5 stars easily.
But the part of the book about IEX. I was initially invested in the IEX part thanks to those players' earlier introduction, but it just kept going for too long and moved too far away from the premise.
Now I probably would have given the book 4 stars if it wasn't for the horrendous epilogue (JK standards of epilogue). Like what was the point of that? The ladies mountain biking club was so out of left field and the 'mystery' microwave was so click-baity thatI'd swear the last chapter was edited by BuzzFeed.
This is mostly a good book and a great piece of investigative journalism. But it gets away from itself at times. I'm not sure there was enough material in this topic for a full-length book, and so parts (especially the tangents) fell like filler rather than useful content.
But the part of the book about IEX. I was initially invested in the IEX part thanks to those players' earlier introduction, but it just kept going for too long and moved too far away from the premise.
Now I probably would have given the book 4 stars if it wasn't for the horrendous epilogue (JK standards of epilogue). Like what was the point of that? The ladies mountain biking club was so out of left field and the 'mystery' microwave was so click-baity thatI'd swear the last chapter was edited by BuzzFeed.
This is mostly a good book and a great piece of investigative journalism. But it gets away from itself at times. I'm not sure there was enough material in this topic for a full-length book, and so parts (especially the tangents) fell like filler rather than useful content.
Loved this book. When I got this out of the library I felt it a bit risky given that the two books I read by A. S. King were at opposite ends of the scale, but this one is firmly at the positive end. I love Sarah/umbrella as a narrator and the way that her unreliability is taken advantage of to gradually reveal all the important details. This was such a good read.
I found this a bit of a disappointing read. Mostly because of an article I read citing this book as a source for Chanel being a Nazi. This was hardly dealt with in the book except to say that Chanel was probably not a Nazi, just a horrible person who tried to take advantage of the circumstances to further her business interests. This book doesn't seem say anything certain about Chanel's history - like I get that she obscured a lot her past, but I also feel like I should come out of the book with an increased knowledge of Chanel and not just more questions.
This book is probably really interesting for any die-hard Chanel fans (a group to which the author clearly belongs) but get boring pretty fast for anyone with just a passing interest in the topic.
This book is probably really interesting for any die-hard Chanel fans (a group to which the author clearly belongs) but get boring pretty fast for anyone with just a passing interest in the topic.
This is one of the books where the minor characters and relationships were more interesting than the main character. I just didn't manage to get interested in McLean and reading this just became a chore.
This is a really easy book to read, and very relatable for anyone with a slight shopping addiction.