pretty lackluster ending imo but still a fun journey. vibes-based summer camp mystery with a heavy focus on its characters. good multi-POV. up until tpretty lackluster ending imo but still a fun journey. vibes-based summer camp mystery with a heavy focus on its characters. good multi-POV. up until the last 30-40 pages i was having a great time, and it's not like the ending was so bad that it ruined the whole thing for me....more
2.5 ⭐️ really neat premise and world building towards the beginning, but ultimately i think all but a couple of parts felt pretty undercooked by the e2.5 ⭐️ really neat premise and world building towards the beginning, but ultimately i think all but a couple of parts felt pretty undercooked by the end. i respect a book that is ambitious but this one definitely bit off more than it could chew IMO...more
i think every time an author writes a 700 page romantasy book one they should have to pay some kind of blood tax. a finger? a toe? they can't keep doii think every time an author writes a 700 page romantasy book one they should have to pay some kind of blood tax. a finger? a toe? they can't keep doing this with impunity i'm going to lose my mind...more
this essay collection is a sharp + powerful exploration of Black womanhood & identity that, despite its small size, looks at quite a wide spread of dithis essay collection is a sharp + powerful exploration of Black womanhood & identity that, despite its small size, looks at quite a wide spread of different things through different frames of social commentary and cultural criticism. really accessible - kind of like a small collection of atlantic features by a journalist that you really like - except it's also written by an academic, which is a neat intersection that makes for an easy but still thought-provoking read. like most essay collections, i liked some essays more than others, but it's lovely overall....more
made in a lab specifically to piss me off i think. even if the facebook receipts for jessa hadn't dropped in the middle of reading this (which was an made in a lab specifically to piss me off i think. even if the facebook receipts for jessa hadn't dropped in the middle of reading this (which was an arduous process that took over a month by the way), i'd still despise her for making me suffer through the internal monologues of BJ and Magnolia for FIVE HUNDRED PAGES. possibly the most annoying, selfish, vapid people i've ever had the misfortune of reading about. everything they do is the worst possible thing, yet somehow i'm also bored out of my mind reading about it.
and all that for absolutely fucking nothing of substance to happen by the way. the book ends in a space extremely similar to where it began that i guess could be Wow So Full Circle if you're into that kind of thing, which i'm not if the thing in question can't be distinguished from a barren post-apocalyptic field. this book is a wasteland. no hope. no water. no character development. just you, me, magnolia, and her $2000 Jimmy Choos.
read if you're ali hazelwood: wow, what a fantastic book that is perfect in every way!! such a weird bug that only three of the stars are lighting u read if you're ali hazelwood: wow, what a fantastic book that is perfect in every way!! such a weird bug that only three of the stars are lighting up, good thing it's definitely a bug though. you can tell i am a loyal fan by how much i loved this book! maybe i am such a loyal fan that i should get to go to the love hypothesis premiere? me, returning to the red carpet like scarlett, returning to the pool (i have never been to the red carpet). this feels right yes? yes???
read if you're not ali hazelwood: unfortunately this is my least favorite ali hazelwood book ...more
whimsical, propulsive, & a little bit rotten in the very best way. my kind of ya fantasy, thank you margaret owen for 2025's reminder of why i still lwhimsical, propulsive, & a little bit rotten in the very best way. my kind of ya fantasy, thank you margaret owen for 2025's reminder of why i still love this genre...more
now why'd you have to make the koolaid man a hentai enthusiast? what did he do to you vera?now why'd you have to make the koolaid man a hentai enthusiast? what did he do to you vera?...more
yeah i read the doorfucker book. what are you going to do, call the cops? u think they'll listen to you bucko? "the crazy lady next door read a book ayeah i read the doorfucker book. what are you going to do, call the cops? u think they'll listen to you bucko? "the crazy lady next door read a book about fucking a do-" wrap it up. ...more
likely will be turning to kimberly lemming's alienfucker romances the next time i start to feel my soul detach from my body. thank you ms. lemming forlikely will be turning to kimberly lemming's alienfucker romances the next time i start to feel my soul detach from my body. thank you ms. lemming for your service. you are greatly appreciated during these trying times....more
the title of this book leads to a self-selecting audience tbh. if you feel like you want to throw up a little in your mouth, you will hate this. if yothe title of this book leads to a self-selecting audience tbh. if you feel like you want to throw up a little in your mouth, you will hate this. if you are somewhat intrigued and down to clown, you have the exact necessary compartmentalization ability to have a grand old time.
if you'd handed me a copy of this book at 15 years old i think i would have actually started foaming at the mouth. this is quite literally the contentif you'd handed me a copy of this book at 15 years old i think i would have actually started foaming at the mouth. this is quite literally the content of my somehow-already-burnt out overachiever maladaptive daydreams lol
s/o to the crush i had for like 6 or 7 years on the guy who was not really my academic rival but was smart and in all the same ap classes as me! we went on one date senior year and i immediately stopped liking you when you stopped fitting all of my headcanons about how you would behave but you really gave me some great content through the years!!...more
honestly a fun time and i'm not afraid to admit it! maybe monster fucking is for everyone!
only major con that isn't related to like...taking the book honestly a fun time and i'm not afraid to admit it! maybe monster fucking is for everyone!
only major con that isn't related to like...taking the book more seriously perhaps than i should is that the language can be super modern sometimes. and to be crystal clear i don't mean the AAVE bc that's neat to see in a romantasy book - i mean specific slang like calling something sus, or like at some point a character unironically says "dickmatized" in her internal monologue. that second one might be in a later book actually i don't 100% remember (i did in fact read this entire series) but in general you get a fair bit of that in these LMAO so if that's going to bother you like it can bother me in a fantasy novel this is your fair warning!!
i also listened to this one like half and half as an audiobook and the other two entirely as audiobooks while driving to faraway places and avoiding thinking thoughts about how little i wanted to go to them and i think that enhanced my experience for sure. the narrator (hazel addison in all 3) was great, even doing her various man voices <3...more
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