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Verity by Colleen Hoover
3.0
Tore through this book in two days. Haven't done that in a while, ha!
Verity was easy to read when it comes to the writing style (as always with CoHo), but wouldn't even go as far to claim it brilliant in a suspense thriller genre sense (or am I just being an unemotional, heartless b*tch?).
It's disturbing, yes. But pretty predictable and with underdeveloped characters. I liked that Colleen wrote Lowen's concluding dialogue in a way to tickle our minds, but to me it seems that the entire letter written by Verity was an easy way out of the whole catastrophe.
Nevertheless it was enough to get me out of my reading slump.
Verity was easy to read when it comes to the writing style (as always with CoHo), but wouldn't even go as far to claim it brilliant in a suspense thriller genre sense (or am I just being an unemotional, heartless b*tch?).
It's disturbing, yes. But pretty predictable and with underdeveloped characters. I liked that Colleen wrote Lowen's concluding dialogue in a way to tickle our minds, but to me it seems that the entire letter written by Verity was an easy way out of the whole catastrophe.
Nevertheless it was enough to get me out of my reading slump.
Beach Read by Emily Henry
5.0
I am head over heels for this book. And I never say that about any romance book I read.
Never!!!
Never!!!
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Only made it to 25% and something in the style of writing tells me this would suck and voila, it did. Ended up reading spoilers and I'm glad I DNF'd this one.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
3.0
I want to love People We Meet on Vacation as much as I loved Beach Read because (regardless how seldom I read romance) I'm a sucker for a good romantic story. Hopelessly, I am -- even behind this stoic heartless empty vessel that I am.
Anyway, I've got *looooots* of problems on here. First, I find it hard to get into the story in the beginning, kind of a slow burn, and I was pretty much annoyed with Poppy and Alex. Poppy being the preppy girl and Alex being the brooding guy (just how far and different are they from January and Augustus in Beach Read, not entirely). I just didn't care about them.
Until around 45% where it picks up the pace and I got a good hold of where this is going. Now, I read that Emily Henry pulled a ton of inspiration from When Harry Met Sally, but I don't know all about that since I neither read the book nor watched the movie. This line of story is pretty much predictable. Two best friends secretly falling in love to each other. Too afraid to say a word hoping not to jeopardize the friendship. This is so drawn out.
OK, maybe I'm being too harsh because I DID enjoy reading People We Meet on Vacation. I just wished the characters didn't end up playing tug-of-war on who's the bigger saint than who (all that "I don't want you to give up on anything", and "No, I don't want YOU to give up on anything.) I mean, seriously. It's exhausting.
Anyway I'm just being a grumpy old witch and probably thinking way too hard about it than it deserves.
Anyway, I've got *looooots* of problems on here. First, I find it hard to get into the story in the beginning, kind of a slow burn, and I was pretty much annoyed with Poppy and Alex. Poppy being the preppy girl and Alex being the brooding guy (just how far and different are they from January and Augustus in Beach Read, not entirely). I just didn't care about them.
Until around 45% where it picks up the pace and I got a good hold of where this is going. Now, I read that Emily Henry pulled a ton of inspiration from When Harry Met Sally, but I don't know all about that since I neither read the book nor watched the movie. This line of story is pretty much predictable. Two best friends secretly falling in love to each other. Too afraid to say a word hoping not to jeopardize the friendship. This is so drawn out.
OK, maybe I'm being too harsh because I DID enjoy reading People We Meet on Vacation. I just wished the characters didn't end up playing tug-of-war on who's the bigger saint than who (all that "I don't want you to give up on anything", and "No, I don't want YOU to give up on anything.) I mean, seriously. It's exhausting.
Anyway I'm just being a grumpy old witch and probably thinking way too hard about it than it deserves.
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan
On hold indefinitely. Don't want to hear more about anything related to Philippine politics
Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery
2.0
I'd forgotten what book of Susan Mallery's I read a couple of years ago, but I remember liking it. So I got excited when I found this copy in a book store thinking I was going to enjoy every bit of it.
Instead, I found the story a slow burn especially on the second half. It didn't offer much besides repetitive dialogues between characters, especially those exchanges between the daughters and Maggie. Character build up was okay. I just everything too farfetched to my liking.
Overall, Daughters of the Bride is an OK romantic read.
Instead, I found the story a slow burn especially on the second half. It didn't offer much besides repetitive dialogues between characters, especially those exchanges between the daughters and Maggie. Character build up was okay. I just everything too farfetched to my liking.
Overall, Daughters of the Bride is an OK romantic read.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
I didn't have the best time with Normal People in the beginning, with its odd way the prose and dialogues were written. But about 30% I got the hang of the story and Marianne and Connell.
Sally Rooney wrote an impeccably disturbing, troublesome characters with Marianne and Conell, and yet somehow she managed to make them still grounded, with whom readers can resonate themselves one way or another.
Normal People is a subtle coming of age character study of two young people, clueless as to where and how they would navigate their future and love affairs. It's angsty, full of heated sexual desires, infatuation, loneliness, anxieties, violently dysfunctional family dynamics, codependent relationships... all the good stuff you probably want for a cozy Friday evening read LOL.
And that ending, woah.
4.0
No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.
I didn't have the best time with Normal People in the beginning, with its odd way the prose and dialogues were written. But about 30% I got the hang of the story and Marianne and Connell.
Sally Rooney wrote an impeccably disturbing, troublesome characters with Marianne and Conell, and yet somehow she managed to make them still grounded, with whom readers can resonate themselves one way or another.
Normal People is a subtle coming of age character study of two young people, clueless as to where and how they would navigate their future and love affairs. It's angsty, full of heated sexual desires, infatuation, loneliness, anxieties, violently dysfunctional family dynamics, codependent relationships... all the good stuff you probably want for a cozy Friday evening read LOL.
And that ending, woah.