I feel like the author added so much smut to hide the fact that she has no writing talent. The plot only got interesting at the end. If you want a good romance with riddles and games, Caraval is a much better series. This book made me want to go back to reading YA novels, at least they have proper romance and not just sexual tension.
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This was just brilliant. The way she portrayed having an ed and recovery and eating habits of sane girls and how being sick thin is not attractive at all (which isn't said enough). I adore these series so far. Will definitely make my daughter read these (if i have one) when she is a teenager. The changing feelings of Dan and while Dan was wonderful, but Ellie just wasn't attracted to him and how attraction actually does matter a lot and even though reading about Dan and his new gf was saddening but they made so much more sense together cuz his gf was actually very attracted to him and not ashamed at all. I love how the author adds reality without taking away the sweetness of the book. This feels like Derry Girls but make them younger. I absolutely love it.
Even though I absolutely loathe the memory loss and miscommunication trope, I really loved the book. I read this book over a span of couple of weeks as I had my exams and by the time I finished it, I felt like I had grown out of it and that made me really really sad. I had enjoyed and swooned over all her books, and I didn't want that phase to end at all. Sometimes fantasy books make you realise how bleak your reality is. Knowing that it is not real, and the world does not exist, has started to make me really upset lol. I used to read these books for escapism but I kind of want to take a break from this genre now and build my own life.
3.5 stars rounded up
Surprisingly Riley Sager didn't talk about Casey's breasts much considering he is a male author. A pleasant surprise.
My FAV book out of the series. It was perfect. I loved the representation. The characters were funny and I loved Zaf's family. Also ofc the smut was top tier.
A perfect post-breakup book.
I really liked the writing, surprisingly. This was my first Emily Henry book.
I feel like the book was more about the idea that the worst possible thing can happen and...you will survive. You have to. Life moves on. And you will move on too. You cannot let the bad thing trample over other good things, like living in fear that a relationship will end and not enjoying the present, not believing in the present.
I didn't like the main guy. His backstory was lazy and cliche. He was more charming in the starting when we didn't know much about him.
The book was more about dealing with pain than romance. And that was just what I needed. Maybe I projected onto the book. Maybe I didn't. I don't know. I read it in one day.
This book helped me pass a tough time. I loved every second of it. It absolutely did not fail to make me giggle and blush. I GOBBLED the romance.
Made me feel like I was 13 again, reading wattpad books under the blanket.
But other than that, it was fine.
These books are too personal for me to write a review for them. It's not just the romance, it is every little thing about the world. I cannot begin to describe it even if I wanted to.
10/5 stars.
This was absolute trashfire.
First of all, the writer was born in the UK so his views on the hatred that Pakistan and India harbour towards each other being stupid, are invalid. The main character's mother dying in a rally and her just accepting it as her mother being a victim of “circumstance” rather than the fault of the British, is just infuriating. Also the protagonist just ended up liking a white boy, the fuck?
Secondly, the writer is a male and 9/10 times male authors cannot writer female characters for the life of them. The only two categories of women to them are either “pick- me's” or “whores”. This was another one of the cases. And the main character being a woman...well you can just guess how it played out.
Thirdly, 95% of the characters were overweight. The writer conveniently made all of the problematic characters overweight.
The only redeeming quality this book had was that it was easy to read and fast paced. Only slightly better than the Midnight Club.
Nana is to Nana what my sister is to me.
I loved the artwork so much, it reminded me of “Dork Diaries”. This manga is truly what girlhood is. Best read while drinking French vanilla coffee and online shopping side by side.
Last time I had read something from this genre, I was 14. I didn't know if I would enjoy this and was very doubtful but needless to say, I absolutely adored this book. It was not cringe, cliche or boring. The world building is brilliant and it had me addicted from the very first page. I can't wait to read the next book. I didn't want to put this book down at all and felt the same way I did when I was 14. Also the romance is just chef kisses