Fell in love with innocence and cleverness of Charlie. I didn't expect a sci-fi novel to have an emotional twist at the end. I loved every minute of going through every page and living in this world.

Had to pause and cry after I finished this book before going back to studying for exams, this was really good.

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

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dark fast-paced

2.0

the actual book doesnt give enough justice to its promising premise.

This is not at all horrifying or vehemently gruesome or mind-bending as people on instagram or booktok say, and I am here to express my disappointment, thank you.

This is basically just Kayleigh talking to Mr. Stitic, who addresses on the mental health issues of former Hexa employees in exchange for him to stop reaching out to her already. Here, we discover extreme guidelines thrusted into the employees of Hexa, such as giving serious warning for not scoring over 90% in segregating what post to leave up or put down. Over tricky distictions such as leaving up a post that showcases child abuse, violence and death because there's "no glorification in the caption" — imagine seeing violence in a post, take it down, and you're punished because it must've remained put up.

I didn't have any issues for the first part, but it started focusing now on the relationship of Kayleigh and Sigrid and it lacked everything gruesome already. This is no horror. Or maybe it was, but just a tad of it, then we go through romantic dilemma all the way through already.

And the ending? What was that? Did the author intend to end it in a cliffhanger because there'll be a sequel? Because if not, what the f? Were you out of drive to write already so you just ended it in a vague and nonsensical moment and just went to publish it?

Why is this book hyped up?

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

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challenging emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

From the beginning, I didn't really sense a chemistry between Ryle and Lily and didn't emphatize on their relationship when it was detioraring. The build-up was rushed, and the romance was missing along the dialogues. However, it went really well in telling the story of Lily and Atlas; the letters, the memories, the morals that the author brought up — the abusive relationship and demeanor towards the poor.

This talked so well on abusive relationship and trauma. It was realistic, but the Ryle-Atlas was not convincing, I'm sorry.

If I would rate the concepts/parts of the story separately, it would most likely be:
Ryle-Lily: 2
Atlas-Lily: 4.5
The plot: eye-opening and realistic so 4

I must say the dialogue about Emmy between Ryle and Lily towards the end was heart-wrenching and phenomenal.

This book would really be a good read to those who have suffered from and abusive relationship and relate on how deteriorating it is. The paranoia, the incapability of breaking up, thinking of second (or more) chances, the depression, and more. It will be triggering so if you're not up to read this kind of concept, better try to avoid this book.

General plot for my future reference:

Lily and Ryle meets in rooftop, very sweet; Ryle is horny for her but had to leave. We get Atlas and Lily flashbacks and their love story through letter for Ellen DeGeneres, very cute. And this letters also show traumatic domestic abuse of her parents in their household.

6 months later, Lily owns a flower shop, meets Allysa, meets Ryle again, and guess what? He's still horny. Until they admit to each other that what they have is love and I believe otherwise. They get married. Made a casserole, Ryle accidentally pushes Lily and boom trauma flashbacks. Then this happens again when Ryle found out about the diaries, the Boston magnet, the tattoo, Atlas' number, and pushed Lily down the stairs, attempted rape, hit her, headbutt her.

Lily reaches out to Atlas as she cant bother Allysa. Yada. The traumatic experiences have rekindled and she finds out she's pregnant. CoHo has really made a great job in discussing and conveying such a heavy topic profoundly — infertility, mental health, prejudice, and domestic abuse.

Very glad to see that this ended with an Atlas-Lily tho. Because I swore that I would never read another CoHo book if Lily remained color blind by Ryle's lurid red flag.

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No

4.0

The plot, the concept, the world-building are all exquisite. This book was nearly perfect if it weren’t for the (rushed?) pace of the story and the lack of depth of the characters (including the MCs :’)). It felt like the romance was unnecessary and it would’ve been better if the main leads would only platonically back each other and slowly build the romance up through the series until it makes a more apt sense.

Otherwise, the utopian post-mortal world with the scythedom, the thunderhead, splatting and dying for fun, and the revival center with the best ice creams? I’d live for those.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first half of this book is excruciatingly slow that I found myself inclined to giving this 3 stars. However, the pace went up by the other half and realize the significance of the occurrences in the former part.

This is a story of so diverse characters and of every which we could be morally impacted.

Grateful to have finished this after putting it off for its genre for a very long time T_T

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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