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Very good. I haven't read a normal fiction novel as an adult lol but i grabbed this one because i wanted to know how my experience with OCD would line up with a fictional portrayal. Turns out the focus of the book was a lot less how distressing OCD is and more on her friends, which was a lot lighter of a read and very nice. The story was sweet and engaging!
if i ever decided to congregate with christianity in the future it would literally be because of Rachel. she radiates love and acceptance.
this book was supposed to be uplifting about how we can deal with burnout (well, that's what i thought) but it was really just stories of peoples burnout and how our generation is so burnt out and there's no expectation of norms changing to help with that and tbh got kinda negative about my future reading this and would not recommend at all.
This book was a refreshing read from an LDS perspective. The ideas that Mason presents do not reflect the currently widely accepted role of the church and the restoration, but I feel that his message is one of hope. I love the idea that all of the people on the earth (even the secular or atheist) are working in their section of the garden, cultivating a different aspect of godliness. Quick and interesting read.
Rachel always has a way of making christianity feel like there's true hope for progression. I love her. This book was just her talking about her messy life and leaving / coming back to church and all of the nuance that involved. I wish rachel was my friend IRL.
Why am I always reading these weird books where a relationship seems perfect but really the husband is crazy?
They don't call her the queen of mystery for nothing, that's for sure. I had no idea what was coming, and i frequently found myself stopping to re-examine who i thought was behind it all. Needless to say... I was never right. All hail Agatha, this was amazing.
A good fun read, but would never say “hey you should read this book” so.. 3 stars feels right?
This book has probably saved me over the last couple of months. There's clearly no obvious end-all for anxiety but he has a really helpful method that's simple. I wish i had a hard copy of this, but i listened to it (mostly in times of extreme anxiety haha).
Loved parts, hated parts. Some of this was way too out there for me, i preferred the science based parts. The workbook made me ugly cry and was one of the most introspective things i've done outside of therapy, wish i could give that 5 stars alone but some of it just way too out there for me. But also don't want to downplay how helpful the good parts were to me. Mixed messages? Kinda. Sorry.
There has never been a worse ending to a book. Literally... never. No ending would have been better. There was so much build up and none of the questions were answered.
What was all the demon stuff? It was talked briefly by 2 people and then never addressed again. Was Hannah really going crazy from PPD or was it something else? What was going to happen with Allison's death? Ugh, a huge let down.
WOW. Reading this i felt it had so much depth and also lacked so much depth. What was her name? That drove me crazy. Why don't i know anything about her? When it all came together in the end i just had to sit there and think over the book again with the knowledge that she's simply a delusion and was in awe that a book with so little character development kept me so hooked that i read it in one sitting. I am so impressed with the authors writing.
had to mention that i watched the MOVIE yesterday!! amazing. book was (always is) better. read this!!
Laughing so hard at everyone in the reviews not understanding that Merricat has magical thinking OCD, while everyone who is familiar with OCD is clearly writing reviews of this book from that viewpoint. An unintentional OCD book for me, lol. Had no idea that was going to be part of the book.
Weird and spooky and eerie. Just my kind of quick book. Just watched the movie after finishing and while i did like it i did not like that they gave her a spell book in it lol, she was not a wannabe witch. Also they botched the ending. Book is better than movie.
Amazing and horrible. Graphic, and hard to read. Thought-provoking, and thrilling. I can't say more good and bad about this book. The last pages of letters rocked me to my core and somehow pulled everything together in the most simple, yet revelatory way. I am still processing the entirety of this book, but that fact alone is enough for me to give it 5 stars (major TW for rape, genital mutilation, and obscene violence).
“Because they could.” That is the only answer there ever is.
This was not the longest book i've ever read, but WOW did it feel like it. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at these 8 religions through the lens of “what is the problem this religion strives to fix, and how does that differ from the other 7 religions in the book?”, I feel that i previously thought it was all one way to God, but getting to God isn't even the goal of every religion - how naive of me to assume that! I wish i could read the hinduism section like 20 more times, because it was the hardest to understand.
WOW. I loved this one. The short chapters kept me engaged and I was SHOCKED at how many twists there were. This is the first book that I didn't want to put down in quite a while.
if you liked I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, you'll like this one. I personally liked it more. Don't want to give any spoilers but i love the open endedness and having to decide for myself what happened. Every option is thrilling and terrifying.
Wow. I felt a little bored by this book until i was about 60% done. I expected to give it 3 stars. There was nothing happening and i was unimpressed by the writing (which was sad because i LOVE Alice's other books). AND THEN the ending happened and i realized everything i missed in the first 60% and i went back reading as much as i could absolutely marveling at Alice's ability to make that first 69% work. WOW. Holy shit. I have been manipulated in the best way possible and i want to re read the entire book to feel in awe at everything that i couldn't have picked up on until i knew the ending. WOW.
Also an agatha stan and loved the nod to her. Knew the red herring was somewhere as it was in and then there were none.
A nice mystery, a la Agatha Christie. A quick, enjoyable read with fun twists and turns.