Sorry I haven't Texted You Back is a modern poetry collection that's dedicated to mental health. Each poem deals with the complex emotions of the narrSorry I haven't Texted You Back is a modern poetry collection that's dedicated to mental health. Each poem deals with the complex emotions of the narrator as they try to navigate life while struggling with their mental health. It's raw and honest, and tells a narrative that needs to be told more often and correctly at that. It does a good job of destigmatizing mental health by speaking about these issues and I enjoyed the concise and to-the-point poetry....more
I don't remember much about this one either but something that will always stick with me is the weird and creepy behaviour of the love interest. He waI don't remember much about this one either but something that will always stick with me is the weird and creepy behaviour of the love interest. He was just terrible and I hated his behaviour, alongside the protagonist. This book was riddled with cliches and choppy writing. From the other reviews, I see that the author was young and most likely inexperienced when she wrote this so I will not be giving it a rating because I'm sure they've grown since writing this work (plus I read it a long time ago).
This was the most boring book I’ve ever read. I hate dnf’ing books but I went far enough to know that this is irredeemable. I thought I would love thiThis was the most boring book I’ve ever read. I hate dnf’ing books but I went far enough to know that this is irredeemable. I thought I would love this because the premise sounds interesting but the writing was so bland and the book as a whole was too. I just couldn’t push through unfortunately. I do not recommend it.
It was boring, bland, and everything I don't want in a book. The writing style was so amateur it did not read like a publisThis book is irredeemable.
It was boring, bland, and everything I don't want in a book. The writing style was so amateur it did not read like a published book and the characters were not developed, they were just given names and bodies and the reader is magically supposed to like them even though they are not memorable. The main character ONLY thinks about boys. BOYS BOYS BOYS. That's all that runs through her mind and it was so annoying to read. This book was repetitive and brought nothing new to the table and it wasn't even semi-enjoyable, I hated every moment of it. I DNFed it because I knew that nothing could possible change my opinion of it unless a new writing style is magically adapted and the plot/characters just happens to magically gain more substance.
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a review copy. All opinions are my own.
But even as Ellie embarks on a whirlwind romance, one that takes her on adventures to some of England’s most beautiful places, she still needs to figure out if this is actually the answer to all her problems…and whether the perfect boyfriend is actually the perfect boy for her.
Don't you just hate it when you think you're going to love a book, and then you don't?
I was almost certain that I was going to love The UnhoneymoonersDon't you just hate it when you think you're going to love a book, and then you don't?
I was almost certain that I was going to love The Unhoneymooners when I picked it up from the library, but like most things in life, I was rather disappointed with the outcome.
I feel cheated. When I picked up The Unhoneymooners from the library, I was expecting a contemporary romance novel that adorned one of my favourite tropes, enemies-to-lovers, but what I got was not what I expected.
Though in the beginning I was mildly intrigued (it took me about a page and a half for my interest to wear off, cliches were introduced and my patience began thinning), that soon died down. The characters were as if all of the cliche characters in books were fused into two people, then you would have the two main characters, Ethan and Olive. They were boring, very one dimensional, Mary Sues in disguise, unentertaining, AND THEY WEREN’T EVEN ENEMIES. They had no chemistry (and this is a romance book, LIKE COME ON MORTALS, DO BETTER).
The writing was plain and boring. It wasn’t that terrible, I mean I’ve read much worse and much better, but it was legible. I just personally felt like it wasn’t a unique style. Sometimes I’ll read a quote or a passage and I’ll automatically know who the writer of it is because a lot of authors have their own unique style. This author (or rather, authors) did not make it so the writing stood out. There where also some really strange passages that I think I was supposed to think were “deep,” when in reality, they just came off as strange because we were led to believe that the main character only cared about herself, Ethan, herself, her sister, and did I mention herself?
Now, onto my least favourite part of this book. THE FACT THAT I WAS LIED TO. I was expecting an enemies to lovers romance, and who knows, maybe my hopes were too high after reading To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters, Beach Read by Emily Henry and You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle, but this is NOT an enemies-to-lovers. It is a whiny-girl-hates-basic-male-and-deems-him-to-be-her-enemy-because-she-is-incapable-of-communicating-with-human-beings-and-actually-using-common-sense.
Don’t even get me started on the romance because I can already feel my gray hair multiplying (no, I am not old, yes, I am stressed).
Also, that little plot “twist,” was simply not my cup of tea. I do not consider myself a sleuth, but COME ON. It was so easy to guess what was going to happen. I literally thought about it 10 pages into the book (or less in all honesty). I just feel as if this book is a cliche, watered down novel that was parading around as a “unique” book with a “unique” plot, when really, I do not remember anything about this book after only a month of reading it, besides the names of the characters, which I remembered because they disappointed me so much.
**I changed my review to five stars because I can't stop thinking about this book, the crave to re-read is strong with this one.**
You Deserve Each Oth**I changed my review to five stars because I can't stop thinking about this book, the crave to re-read is strong with this one.**
You Deserve Each Other is a romantic comedy that made me laugh continuously and the amount of pages I dog eared because of how amazing they were is sinful (dog earring pages is also sinful, please forgive me bookworms for this treacherous act, but I couldn't help myself and ran out of stickies). It is how romance novels should be done in my opinion, with suspense, characters whom have chemistry and are downright amazing in slightly terrible ways (I may have loved Naomi's evilness, and Nicholas is on a whole other level of book boyfriends).
I loved this. It's that simple. I haven't read a good enemies to lovers book in quite awhile so this was an absolute delight.
I want to staple this cover on my forehead because this book is beautiful and the world must not ignore its beauty. The characters were amazing and I could relate to a lot of what they felt or thought. As I mentioned earlier, Nicholas is on a whole other level of book boyfriend and may or may not be my new fictional hubby. Naomi may have been childish at times, but I still managed to like her.
I will literally never stop recommending this book. I'm going to be honest with you guys, I read a lot of romance novels but half the time I don't like them because of the writing, characters, tropes...etc. But this, this was amazing. I finished reading it earlier today (*cough* 3 am *cough*) and I'm contemplating whether I should read it again.
I didn't like the second half as much as the first, but that's just cause I'm a cynic at heart and must have at least one character die in each book to feel happy (I know, I'm messed up, send help). Nonetheless, this was AMAZING.
The only reason why this is a four star rating (if you've seen my other reviews then you know that this is quite a high rating since I'm a critic and like to pick each aspect apart when I read) is because I didn't enjoy all of the aspects of this story. There were just a few things I thought wrapped up too quickly and felt rushed, but I still loved this book and will probably profusely talk about it for the next 5 years.
And if you like this book and are wallowing in the depths of utter sadness because you think that nothing may ever compare, then I reccomend reading these beauties: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters and Beach Read by Emily Henry which are both romantic comedies that feature enemies to lovers.
I did not like this. The writing was choppy, basic, and detached. It was boring and dragged on, the concept sounded amazing, but the execution was jusI did not like this. The writing was choppy, basic, and detached. It was boring and dragged on, the concept sounded amazing, but the execution was just not good. Also, I'm pretty sure this is a spin-off of another series? I had no clue when I started so some things didn't make sense to me at first.
I wish I could say I loved this book. I went into this excited and eager to read a fun rom-com that would ease my nerves, but unfortunat2.5 stars
I wish I could say I loved this book. I went into this excited and eager to read a fun rom-com that would ease my nerves, but unfortunately, I was let down.
The Wish List details the life of an anxious and closed off bookworm who has an obsessive tendency with counting. She’s forced to go to therapy by her parents because of her lack of romantic relationships, and there, THE wish list is born. Soon after, she meets what she presumes is the perfect man for her and further journeys on with the concept of love and relationships in general, while still tackling her work life and bridezilla step-sister.
The premise interested me, a wish list and a lonely bookworm who has a strange habit? Sign me up! But the story itself did not deliver. It was very basic and didn’t bring anything new to the table. It just felt like something I’d read a million times before, and it could’ve been done much better. I wish there had been more twists, and that the ones that were included in the story weren’t so expected or easy to guess. By the second chapter, I had already penned what would happen, and it went in the route I though it would.
As I write this review, I have already forgotten the love interest’s name, which is always a bad sign for a romance novel, or any novel in general. The character’s were dull and the “romance” was pushed onto the reader with little to no development. There was nothing that held my attention, nor any character I felt attached to or loved/loathed. We never got to know the character’s intentions and they felt very one dimensional.
I will say that the author’s writing flowed well and she managed to humour me in some parts of this story. I found the concept of her living in England interesting since most novels I’ve read recently have been set in America, it was nice to see a change in atmosphere. Overall though, this just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Thank you to the publisher and edelweiss for providing me with a review copy. All opinions are my own.
❝ Sometimes I question whether anyone can know what it's like before it happens. Marriage and motherhood are like death in this way, and othe
❝ Sometimes I question whether anyone can know what it's like before it happens. Marriage and motherhood are like death in this way, and others too: no one comes back unchanged. ❞
I don’t know how I feel about this book. It’s dark and gritty, fused with themes of infidelity and abuse strewn in. The writing style was very poetic, and I thought the author’s writing was beautiful, but some of the descriptions felt a bit unnecessary. The Harpy follows the life of Lucy as she learns of her husband’s infidelity. She’s tossed into a never-ending cycle of pain and obsession, and begins to deteriorate. This book definitely drove me into a bad mood, left me with a sour taste in my mouth and I couldn’t help sympathizing with Lucy for everything she went through.
It was a short read, and the last few pages really left me wishing for more. I thought that the ending would leave me surprised or lead into something much more grand, maybe even feeding off into the glint of horror that had started to appear throughout the book, but it was none of that. It left me conflicted and confused more than anything, and for me, it was unsatisfying. I wish that some questions would be answered and we’d know more about Lucy’s unique situation towards the end, but I think this book is meant to serve more as a portrait of identification and finding oneself than resolving one’s problem, though I can’t hide my discontent nor curiosity towards the matter.
I’m kind of stuck on how to rate this, on one hand, this book was very poetic and beautiful in a twisted kind of way, but also left me bitter and wanting more. I definitely reccomend checking this out for yourself, but be warned that it deals with dark topics & situations and will definitely leave you in a sour sort of mood.
Review copy provided by the publisher and netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was love at first sight. I saw Marissa Meyer, and immediately, I had the creeping suspicion that I would love this.
But unfortunately, my instincThis was love at first sight. I saw Marissa Meyer, and immediately, I had the creeping suspicion that I would love this.
But unfortunately, my instincts have failed me.
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I really wanted to love this, truly. I think Marissa Meyer is an amazing author and though I have not finished The Lunar Chronicles yet, the first book amazed me. But this one was not it.
Instant Karma is a young adult romance about a girl who's forced to work with her archenemies through the course of one eventful summer, filled with cute sea creatures and the dreaded Quint Erickson.
This story has all the elements to amaze or at least entertain. The author is great judging by her other works, the protagonist is semi-relatable (or at least I thought she would be in the beginning) and it includes enemies-to-lovers, and don't even get me started on this trope because I love it with a passion. Unfortunately though, all of these elements combined resulted in a boring, predictable, chemistry-less (let's pretend that's a word) book that I did not enjoy.
I think my biggest issue with this book is that it’s a romance, but the characters have no chemistry and are just flat. I felt like the main male character was just too perfect, he was given no flaws, and the “flaws” that we were supposed to believe were true were so obviously false (you’ll see what I mean if or when you read the book).
Prudence, don’t even get me started on Prudence. She was this goody two-shoes who always tried to excel in school and I thought I might be able to relate to her, but she came off rather bitter and rude. We do get to see her change a bit throughout the story, and I think the author did a good job at making her transition from pesky brat to palpable human being, but she was still adamant on being selfish and unlikable.
As I mentioned, Quint was just so PERFECT. It was annoying. I've never understood why writing advice always says to give your characters flaws, but now I do. Quint is everything I don't want in a book boyfriend. He is bland, boring and uninteresting. He was too flawless to even be human, and it was annoying how we were reminded of how good he was every five seconds.
The writing style was basic. There were barley any descriptions of the surroundings and at times I found it difficult to imagine where they were. The dialogue was bland and the characters were too. Nothing pulled me in about the writing style, initially I thought I would enjoy it because it's in 1st POV and I enjoy this genre most in 1st POV, but in this case, not even the POV could make it better.
I'm really disappointed that I didn't enjoy this book but I guess that's life. I definitely reccomend checking out some the author's other books though!
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a digital review copy. All opinions are my own.
- Update 08/12/2020: I GOT AN E-ARC WHOOP WHOOP - WHY AM I JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS BOOK? IT SOUNDS AMAZING AND IT'S BY MARISSA MEYER, WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR?...more
This was so boring. You know a book isn't good when you're waiting anxiously for it to end. I actually enjoyed Annie in the other books a1.5 stars
This was so boring. You know a book isn't good when you're waiting anxiously for it to end. I actually enjoyed Annie in the other books and thought her story might be good but she was just very unpleasant and negative in this one. Also, the ending just felt very out of place and surreal.
It wasn't anything mind blowing and I will surely forget it, but it was entertaining for the most part (besides theThe drama is strong with this one.
It wasn't anything mind blowing and I will surely forget it, but it was entertaining for the most part (besides the rather slow beginning, but it was still interesting). I kept making theories in my head about certain mysteries and for the most part I was wrong which I like because predictability is boring. I wouldn't necessarily reccomend this book in particular because I think Kinsella has better novels but it was still decent.
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