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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
5.0
I won't be able to write a review that would do justice to this classic, beautiful literature, except to say that "glad" is an understatement of how I was to have been able to learn about the Marches, and the extension of family that grew altogether on the second part of the book.
Happiness, pain, heartbreak, loss and joy—it's rather an honor for me to have felt and almost experienced it myself along with its characters. Surely, this story is one among those that I would love to go back to every time I may need a company of a dear friend.
I don't regret reading it just now. I'm afraid I won't enjoy it as much as I would if I'd read this earlier in my life. This may be intended as a children's book, but I highly doubt it can't be savored by anyone at an older age.
Happiness, pain, heartbreak, loss and joy—it's rather an honor for me to have felt and almost experienced it myself along with its characters. Surely, this story is one among those that I would love to go back to every time I may need a company of a dear friend.
I don't regret reading it just now. I'm afraid I won't enjoy it as much as I would if I'd read this earlier in my life. This may be intended as a children's book, but I highly doubt it can't be savored by anyone at an older age.
Revival by Stephen King
4.0
I would have easily given this 5* if it didn't drag for the most part. But goddamn that last quarter of the book; scary af. I'm going to have nightmares tonight.
Again.
Again.
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
2.0
held a promise, did not live up to expectations; too much cliché; did not offer something i did not know; i want my money back 😒
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
1.0
Dnf at 35% (honestly I'm surprised i even got this far). It's just not for me at this day and age.
One Little Lie by Sam Carrington
3.0
It's like having itches on my skin when I finished a book and ended up scrutinizing the characters and story instead of getting on with my life, bearing an idea that I'd made friends in the face of fictional characters and worlds. I find it weird and unlikely favorable. That's me after listening to an audio book version of One Little Lie by Sam Carrington, read by Rachel Atkins.
The weaving of storyline was okay, considering the interchangeable POV of numerous characters in each chapter. Although at times I thought it was dragging, mostly it was steady-paced, and the arching by the near end was...uh? It fell short. The only characters that ever struck me as slightly interesting, though, were Connie and Kyle. The rest gave me far-fetched impression, especially with Angela — although one can never really weigh in on a person like her's motives and inhibitions. I found the novel more a dramatic mystery thriller rather than the other way around.
To be fair, I'd like to commend the entire prose and Rachel Atkins' narration was incredible.
The weaving of storyline was okay, considering the interchangeable POV of numerous characters in each chapter. Although at times I thought it was dragging, mostly it was steady-paced, and the arching by the near end was...uh? It fell short. The only characters that ever struck me as slightly interesting, though, were Connie and Kyle. The rest gave me far-fetched impression, especially with Angela — although one can never really weigh in on a person like her's motives and inhibitions. I found the novel more a dramatic mystery thriller rather than the other way around.
To be fair, I'd like to commend the entire prose and Rachel Atkins' narration was incredible.