yabiatli's reviews
5 reviews

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

This book would’ve easily been a 4.5 star read if it only wasn’t for the shallow descriptions. I think this being her first published book, it seems to be one of her struggles to me and I’m hopeful that it could get better. If it wasn’t for the concept arts I have seen about this book beforehand, I really wouldn’t be able to imagine anything in this book. Creating such a magical world without being able to make your readers feel any of it is such a shame. The world of Caraval did not feel magical or spectacular to me as much as I would’ve liked. As much as I enjoyed it and loved the characters deeply, I can’t help but be a little disappointed.

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

At the halfway point of this book, I was as frustrated as everyone. Almost did not finish because I didn’t want to pick it up.

I thought it was so obvious what happened and Pip could easily call the police and show all the evidence that she was kidnapped, plus tell the story in a way that it sounded like self defense. Or in the first place she could just hit him hard enough just to make him unconscious and restrain him before calling the police. OR try not to be alone outside much, was this too hard knowing someone was out to get you? And I screamed “JASON” when I read the unsent mail how could the Pip we know not put this all together. Overall I felt like there were MANY ways around it, but this hard and ridiculous way was forced for the sake of a more dramatic story.

As angry as I was, I still continued after taking a few days off and I’m surprised to say this book managed to end in a way that satisfied me and even had become the one I rated the highest in the series just because it made me feel a lot of things and besides everything I loved our two main characters very deeply.

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced