Tag Archive for: 3.5 Stars

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Where The Crawdads Sing

Where The Crawdads SingTitle: Where the Crawdads Sing
Author: Delia Owens
Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery
Format: Audio
Pages: 370
Length: 12h 12m
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

I truly loved WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING until the last few pages. I think she would’ve confided in Tate about her past and the ending made it seem like she hadn’t. I feel it undid what the author was trying to say and/or show about who Kya grew to be after the trial.

While I’m a little miffed at the ending, I’m still glad I read it. I really loved Kya and I was invested in her life. I loved that she not only survived, but thrived despite the hardships she faced. I thought her story was beautifully told and emotional. I thought the dual timeline was the perfect vehicle for the story, especially the mystery aspect of it. I liked getting snippets of Kya’s life in the past as I wondered what lead to the present circumstances.

The Good Sister

The Good SisterTitle: The Good Sister
Author: Sally Hepworth
Genre: Thriller
Format: Kindle
Pages: 309
Reason Read: Book Club
Rating:

My Thoughts

For the most part, I loved THE GOOD SISTER. It was a fantastic story that kept me reading until the end. I saw the big twist coming a mile away, but it didn’t ruin the suspense or story for me. I still wanted to know how everything would play out, and I wasn’t disappointed. I really liked the characters. I liked that even though I guessed the twist, I still kept wondering if I was right.

I really struggled with Hepworth’s portrayal of mental illness, specifically Borderline Personality Disorder. I feel like her antagonist perpetuated the stigma that people with BPD are violent psychopaths. I simply wish she had talked to a DBT-trained psychologist or even someone who’s diagnosed with BPD before she used it as one of the reasons why the antagonist did what they did.

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To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

To All The Boys I’ve Loved BeforeTitle: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Author: Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1
Genre: Romance, Young Adult
Format: Kindle
Pages: 355
Reason Read: Book Club
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My Thoughts

I enjoyed TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE a lot until the ending, which almost ruined the whole book for me. I liked Lara Jean and her sisters. I also liked the interaction between Lara Jean and the two main guys, the boy next door and Mister Cocky-Handsome-Everyone-Loves-Me. Even though love triangles are my least favorite trope, I decided to be optimistic and I told myself that maybe Lara Jean would end up with the boy I want her to. Of course, all kinds of chaos ensued and it was a lot of fun to read and witness. I just wish Lara Jean the boy she chose had a suitable ending. Instead, I felt like it was very ambiguous and left me hanging in a bad way. I like choosing to read the next book in a series because I want to, not because I have to.

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Shades Of Milk And Honey

Shades Of Milk And HoneyTitle: Shades of Milk and Honey
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
Series: Glamourist Histories #1
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Reason Read: Book Club, Play Book Tag
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My Thoughts

SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY was a fun twist on regency romance. I loved the magical aspect of the story. I thought the magic system was really interesting and wished it were real. I think more kissing would’ve made the story better. More kissing always makes the story better, especially in modernized regency romances. I do wish Kowal hadn’t tried so hard to imitate Austen’s language. The weird wording and spellings took me out of the story rather than immerse me in it more fully.

Truly Madly Guilty

Truly Madly GuiltyTitle: Truly Madly Guilty
Author: Liane Moriarty
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Kindle
Pages: 416
Reason Read: Book Club
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My Thoughts

I thought TRULY MADLY GUILTY was thought-provoking and fraught with emotion. The characters were so dynamic, round, and interesting to read about. I had a hard time with the way the story was told, though. I didn’t like knowing there was an “incident” but not knowing what the incident was until more than halfway through. It frustrated me while reading. Once we got to the incident, I thought it was hard to experience with the characters because Moriarty wrote it in a way that made me feel like I was there.