I hate that every book of carol goodman’s I’ve read since “the lake of dead languages� has fallen so flat, because I LOVEDDDDDD the lake of dead languI hate that every book of carol goodman’s I’ve read since “the lake of dead languages� has fallen so flat, because I LOVEDDDDDD the lake of dead languages.
This is giving wuthering heights…and I couldn’t stop thinking ‘Is this blatantly “the last one left� by Riley Sager with different characters?� So I got half way and shook hands with the fact that I did not care about the plot or the characters at all anymore. ...more
DNF page 110. I give books a solid 100 and then decide if I wanna keep going and while the characters were sound and the storyline ok� it was just lacDNF page 110. I give books a solid 100 and then decide if I wanna keep going and while the characters were sound and the storyline ok� it was just lacking anything to keep me interested ...more
I know this book surprised heaps of people with its big reveal but I figured out the twist the first 1/3 of the book and then I wanted so desperately I know this book surprised heaps of people with its big reveal but I figured out the twist the first 1/3 of the book and then I wanted so desperately to be wrong and get the same shock most people got reading this. Sighhhh. I feel a reading slump coming on. ...more
DNF at halfway. This is insanely unbelievable. I mean, obviously it is - two serial killers falling for each other - but it was the Insta romance for DNF at halfway. This is insanely unbelievable. I mean, obviously it is - two serial killers falling for each other - but it was the Insta romance for me. The good looking descriptions of both of them. The sex scenes that made me feel awkward reading this when my kids were awake.
Imagine if they were average looking people with ACTUAL psychopathic tendencies like masking emotions, devoid of attachment, a hate for humanity, etc etc
But instead these are two extremely good looking people that kill for sport and� what in the far fetched is going on. And the sex scenes weren’t even like� surprising. “I didn’t orgasm, I detonated”�.ok babe.
This book is the “American psycho� for the girl that rewatches hallmark romance for comfort but she can fuck with black coffee. Edgy, but no cliff face. ...more
Ughhhhh. No surprise that u didn’t love this, because I didn’t love “long bright river� either.
The characters were too similar - which if you’re gonnUghhhhh. No surprise that u didn’t love this, because I didn’t love “long bright river� either.
The characters were too similar - which if you’re gonna change the POV every chapter becomes a problem to follow - and I even though I loved the summer camp atmosphere and the mystery� I was bored. ...more
I listen to the classics as audiobooks usually while cleaning up the house or cooking dinner so I can make my way through the list of “books you shoulI listen to the classics as audiobooks usually while cleaning up the house or cooking dinner so I can make my way through the list of “books you should read in your life� but this was so disgusting and disturbing. No one with a conscience could enjoy this.
De Sade may have had a disturbing life, making him write this hell-worthy scroll, but that’s no excuse. France, can’t believe this book is hailed as a national treasure in your country, I mean what the in actual F.
This is 100% not my cup of tea. I went into this blind expecting a psychological crime story� and I got Jason Bourne style assasins. I’m sure this is This is 100% not my cup of tea. I went into this blind expecting a psychological crime story� and I got Jason Bourne style assasins. I’m sure this is a good read if you’re into that kind of thing, but it’s definitely not for me. ...more
This book is not � a nail biting memoir of stalking�. It’s a collection of abuse stories from the authors life, varying in forms of severity. At timesThis book is not � a nail biting memoir of stalking�. It’s a collection of abuse stories from the authors life, varying in forms of severity. At times, this book reads well and is engaging but a bulk of this book is soaked in white-male hating, pro-abortion, all-men-are-pigs rhetoric which made me feel tricked - Ellis advertised her book as a peek into what it’s like to be stalked, when actually it’s like sitting down for a coffee with an excruciatingly liberal woman who intends to talk for entirety of the coffee date about her opinions. I don’t care to read your imaginary debate with a conservative guy over abortion. (I found this cringey as too, like when you think of all the coolest comebacks to an argument days later in the shower) and although I started out enjoying this it quickly started to feel like an echo chamber of opinions and I skim read the rest. Spoiler: nothing happens with the “stalker�...more
Cluedo but in book form. SHOULD have grabbed me from the get go but.. idk maybe I’m just too overstimulated in my mom-life to have *time* for this butCluedo but in book form. SHOULD have grabbed me from the get go but.. idk maybe I’m just too overstimulated in my mom-life to have *time* for this but I felt like� ugh.. looking at this sitting on my bedside table waiting to be read, it felt like a uni assignment or something. It’s a collection of emails, texts, evidence and stuff and you, the reader, tries to discover the killer. But all I saw was a pile of paperwork, instead of a blissful escape from reality....more
This is the first book I’ve given such a high rating to but couldn’t finish. I didn’t not finish because it wasn’t good or terribly written or anythinThis is the first book I’ve given such a high rating to but couldn’t finish. I didn’t not finish because it wasn’t good or terribly written or anything like that�.actually because it was too well written, it was too well done on a subject that cuts me too the bone. I couldn’t read even more than a page without feeling the raw guilt that comes with the thoughts you don’t want to have as a mother, the thoughts that come after 3 months of sleep deprivation and bleeding nipples, that maybe you aren’t a good enough mother at all. This was heart wrenching to read and I couldn’t keep going, Motherhood has clearly turned me soft....more
This is the type of book that when I saw I enjoy crime novels I hope people don’t think I mean books like this. “Tough cop� chat between the officers This is the type of book that when I saw I enjoy crime novels I hope people don’t think I mean books like this. “Tough cop� chat between the officers Main character’s relationship on the rocks because “works too much� Oh no a “severed arm�
I don’t know what it is about this book but I just couldnt get into it. I really liked Nine Elms too, so I had high hopes for this one. I think there I don’t know what it is about this book but I just couldnt get into it. I really liked Nine Elms too, so I had high hopes for this one. I think there was more focus on character development than a thumping undercurrent of “whodunnit� and it missed the mark for me....more
If it has “secret history� or “dark academia� on the cover, I will pick it up immediately. But this was so intensely written, entering crazy realm. A If it has “secret history� or “dark academia� on the cover, I will pick it up immediately. But this was so intensely written, entering crazy realm. A mad botanists poetic reflections on obsession, desire and relationships. This COULD have had potential but I found myself getting bored and flicking over pages to find something meaty. ...more
Make it stop. This book is “The alchemist� for Christians. I was hoping for this book to explain, in researched detail, the Book of Jubilees. Instead Make it stop. This book is “The alchemist� for Christians. I was hoping for this book to explain, in researched detail, the Book of Jubilees. Instead it’s a conversation with an “oracle� about visions this guy has....more
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