maybe it’s because everything else i’ve read has been mid but i really enjoyed this book. i thought it was super cute and it was such a fun palette clmaybe it’s because everything else i’ve read has been mid but i really enjoyed this book. i thought it was super cute and it was such a fun palette cleanser! ...more
something about this book just feels lifeless. it doesn’t feel like a story it just feels like tropes written on pages to get mindless readerzero swag
something about this book just feels lifeless. it doesn’t feel like a story it just feels like tropes written on pages to get mindless readers and booktok smut readers to enjoy. no shade but i like substance in my books.
aiden was weird to me from the jump im sorry im starting to hate when men think it’s ok to make sex jokes about girls they don’t know it’s so unattractive. summer is like emotionally not there because one minute she wanted him then the next minute she did then she didn’t then she did LIKE GIRL-.
summer’s project didn’t make since and also her reason for not liking hockey was fucking stupid. hating a whole sport because your dad abandoned you or whatever because he played hockey? they treated it like it was some huge secret until the reveal and i was like ok? plus she’s an adult like i could see if she was a teen but girlie go to therapy and work on that.
i’m not understanding why it’s 390 pages because everything seemed to be resolved around the 30% mark. friends with benefit trope doesn’t do it for me at all like there’s nothing fun! i need more substance than just sex. just read icebreaker jfc ...more
ann liang has yet to disappoint me! her ideas are so unique whilst her romances are so swoon worthy. this is my third book by her and i’ve given them ann liang has yet to disappoint me! her ideas are so unique whilst her romances are so swoon worthy. this is my third book by her and i’ve given them all 5 stars. there’s some logistics in here that kinda don’t make sense but actually i don’t care. jenna chen is so damn relatable!...more
although i’ve always wanted to go to summer camp growing up, i just feel like this book wasn’t necessarily for me? it was fun don’t get me wrong but ialthough i’ve always wanted to go to summer camp growing up, i just feel like this book wasn’t necessarily for me? it was fun don’t get me wrong but it feels like the romance was in the background. it kinda reminds me of never have i ever meets high school musical the musical the series (season 4) in a way. ...more
i’m going to give this book some grace because Naya has passed. I don’t think she talked about anything SUPER interesting in this book like the best pi’m going to give this book some grace because Naya has passed. I don’t think she talked about anything SUPER interesting in this book like the best parts were from her adult years. there are a few topics she glossed over that would’ve been much more interesting if she had expanded on it.
i think she’s very funny and a lot more like santana lopez than i thought. i had always been a big fan of hers and mourned her when she passed… talk about parasocial relationships.
there were a lot of distasteful comments in this book from a comment about someone looking like michael jackson pre/skin bleaching (feel however you want about michael jackson but he has vitiligo, he never bleached his skin) to the R slur drop and commenting about how she wishes she had “nappy hair”.
what i did enjoy about the book however is how she talked about race. i really liked when she talked about how back in the 90s Hollywood was more diverse than it is now. which is crazy bc this book came out nearly a decade again and it’s still true. she’s so unapologetic with how she talks about race....more
this was fine, it reminded me a lot of moxie which i liked but i didn’t read the description and i was looking for something more…. fun for the summerthis was fine, it reminded me a lot of moxie which i liked but i didn’t read the description and i was looking for something more…. fun for the summer yk?...more
honestly this book really just pissed me off basically in the book her best friend stop being friends with the mc after making the mc tell HER BOYFRIEhonestly this book really just pissed me off basically in the book her best friend stop being friends with the mc after making the mc tell HER BOYFRIEND that man that she was breaking up with him instead of telling him herself and then he kissed the mc and they didn’t tell the best friend. the best friend finds out but doesn’t want to be friends with her yet stays with the boyfriend? i get it’s about toxic relationships but it really frustrated me because the mc kept trying to be friends with her like girl she does not deserve you. ...more
reading a hyped booktube book years after it was hyped is so funny cus like…. this was fine? nothing about it was really hyped worthy? i really str2.5
reading a hyped booktube book years after it was hyped is so funny cus like…. this was fine? nothing about it was really hyped worthy? i really struggled to get into this book because the beginning was so slow and boring. i found the characters really flat. interesting read though, i liked the dystopian eco-city. definitely the best part of the book. glad i can finally get it off my tbr and it was… definitely someone to read in my scifi era lol...more
one of the best ya fantasy to come out in years, it has plot while being character driven, it has a good romance and it knows how to get to the fuckinone of the best ya fantasy to come out in years, it has plot while being character driven, it has a good romance and it knows how to get to the fucking point!...more
i enjoyed the premise, it’s such a good idea and i liked that shakespeare was a character but i do think it fell kind of flat. speaking of characters,i enjoyed the premise, it’s such a good idea and i liked that shakespeare was a character but i do think it fell kind of flat. speaking of characters, i love the main character and her twin brother’s relationship but separately i found it hard to connect with them. honestly this book had too many side character for its own good, at a certain point it was hard to keep up with. it wasn’t really very fun for me, i think a lot of people who do fairy books just can never make them entertaining? which is understandable because i think the folk of the air trilogy is holly black’s best books despite her having other fairy books before. also the book had no fun romance tropes! like it had a love triangle which i enjoy but the book failed to make me care really....more
RF Kuang is kinda insane and i love it. i really enjoyed this book from the beginning, i love that june was such an unlikeable character but in a realRF Kuang is kinda insane and i love it. i really enjoyed this book from the beginning, i love that june was such an unlikeable character but in a realistic way. she was kinda unhinged and insane. this book really makes you think and the way it covers race is so genius. i love that ms rebecca does not shy away from talking about race in her books. babel may not have been a book that i loved but i can still acknowledge and appreciate it, i was worried when i didn’t enjoy that, that i might just need a break from this author but boy was i wrong omg. yellowface definitely makes up for babel. i kind of enjoyed the way that it feels like a thriller even though it obviously is not. it also read SO FAST!! i feel like i flew right through this book, i barely wanted to put it down because i was wondering where the story would go next. i like the social media in this book and seeing what publishing is like for authors because i’ve also been so curious. love the mention of reviewers and booktubers in this book. RF Kuang is such a genius my gosh. cant wait for more from this author....more
3.5 (goodreads add half stars for crying out loud)
my family is very religious and they heavily believe in god, for me i prefer to be spiritual and bel3.5 (goodreads add half stars for crying out loud)
my family is very religious and they heavily believe in god, for me i prefer to be spiritual and believe in the universe.
i have no problem with whatever people believe in but i feel like the way black people believe in god is different than the way others do. i’m not sure if the author did this on purpose or it just happened like that but this book touches on things that i just never would’ve thought it would’ve.
i read this because i thought it was have drama and tea (and it did!) but it touches on the relationship with mothers and religion. i think if it wasn’t for my mom i wouldve probably been religious. i really liked “Peach Cobbler” and i wish it was a full sorry. i relate to that story in a way, not a lot but it made me cry. wanting your mom to love you and doing anything to get attention from her. even how her mom had a temper so she learned how to not make her mom angry at a young age.
to me, this is not a thriller. there are no twists, there are no turns, there are no edge of the seat moments. to me this is a literary novel about twto me, this is not a thriller. there are no twists, there are no turns, there are no edge of the seat moments. to me this is a literary novel about two sisters. one who is beautiful and loved by everyone and the other that is left in the shadows. Korede is always left to clean up her sisters mess while Ayoola lives freely and also has a habit of killing men. Korede and Ayoola wants the same man but of course Ayoola is the one who wins him and Korede is left to fear for his life… literally.
i loved this book so much, i loved that Korede is always trying to warn people about her sister yet protect her at the same time. how people never believed her and thought of her as jealous. Ayoola taking advantage of how far her sister will go for her but her pretty privilege as well. i wish this book had been marketed better but i enjoyed it regardless. ...more
i thought because this followed four women in the same apartment building i would find out extremely interesting but honestly sometimes i forgot that i thought because this followed four women in the same apartment building i would find out extremely interesting but honestly sometimes i forgot that they did. this book follows the social norms and expectations following women in korea. at times the book was funny and weird, the women were unhinged which i loved but unfortunately i just didn’t find any of the characters or their lives interesting. ...more
