this book is basically Kiss of Deception if it didn't have an editor. just when I think the writing couldn't get drier it somehow does. the characters this book is basically Kiss of Deception if it didn't have an editor. just when I think the writing couldn't get drier it somehow does. the characters has no chemistry, all of them acts too weird to be considered normal. the fmc is the walking definition of a damsel in distress. i have no idea when this book was published but reading this in 2024 and i have absolutely ZERO tolerance for damsels. stop crying and do something except for your stupid prayers that looks like you're dancing. a fairy loses her wings every single time a book wastes it's potential....more
relating to a dystopian book with a corrupted government was not in my 2024 bucket list but here I am. p.s: read this while seeing teenage deaths, protrelating to a dystopian book with a corrupted government was not in my 2024 bucket list but here I am. p.s: read this while seeing teenage deaths, protest for basic rights, internet blockout, and well i guess, a literal war that is going on in my country. was the book good? not really. but did it help me a little while i stayed inside my room helpless because of the curfew installed by my very own government? yes. don't know if i'll continue this, i heard there's a love triangle. i can survive a uprising and a stupid fmc but love triangles are where i draw the line....more
Therapy card declined so I'll go out of my way to like every 1 star reviews of this book.Therapy card declined so I'll go out of my way to like every 1 star reviews of this book....more
You know the bar is below six feet when you finally find a thriller book where the author doesn't fuck up the ending and you feel like you won a lotteYou know the bar is below six feet when you finally find a thriller book where the author doesn't fuck up the ending and you feel like you won a lottery. But here we are....more
kinda wanna rate this book 5 stars because it's my thousandth read aka my most important accomplishment ever. but the book was slow. the main plot twikinda wanna rate this book 5 stars because it's my thousandth read aka my most important accomplishment ever. but the book was slow. the main plot twist was predictable. the characters were a little annoying and naive. and nothing really was happening in the first 80% of the book. i really want to be a little biased here but oh well. 3.5 stars...more
hate to be the minority here but if i could describe this book in two words, it would be "try hard". the author did their best to sound deep and quirkyhate to be the minority here but if i could describe this book in two words, it would be "try hard". the author did their best to sound deep and quirky. but it all sounded a bit pretentious to me. i really like the concept of the book though. i just wish the execution was better....more
if you can turn off feminism from your brain for a few hours and turn a blind eye on things then this is your cup of coffee. (see what i did there?)
inif you can turn off feminism from your brain for a few hours and turn a blind eye on things then this is your cup of coffee. (see what i did there?)
independent, career driven, extremely attractive, successful girl who can also somehow speak 6 languages decides to travel back in time. to do what? get back her boyfriend who never said i love you back. be fucking for real.
girl no 2 being scared to communicate with her husband who doesn't like being told to do something he's already gonna do. I personally do not like 5 year olds in my book. (No offence to any 5 year olds out there.)
girl no 3 left her dream career to join her family because OF FUCKING COURSE.
girl no 4 gets pregnant KNOWING SHE IS GONNA DIE.
believe it or not, after finishing this book I went back to check if the book was released in 1815 or something. It would have made a lot of sense. infact it would have made me feel less disturbed about internet's obsession with this book. Yet, imagine my surprise to find out it was released like yesterday. There goes my faith in humanity. Not that I had much to begin with.
p.s: attaching my least favourite scene from the book below because why not.
Fusagi had a present ready to give her for her birthday. She saw it among his belongings. Never before having received a present from him, she was overjoyed at the prospect of receiving this first gift. On the day of her birthday, when he had returned home from work, she was so excited that she asked him, ‘Don’t you have something special for me today?’ But on hearing this, he went very quiet. ‘No, nothing in particular,’ he said. The next day, she found her present in the bin. It was the lilac handkerchief.
Reese Witherspoon, I love you. But WHAT THE HELL IS THIS okay ranting time
I've never, i repeat NEVER read a character as insufferable as Bailey. (and IReese Witherspoon, I love you. But WHAT THE HELL IS THIS okay ranting time
I've never, i repeat NEVER read a character as insufferable as Bailey. (and I'm not exaggerating, okay maybe I'm exaggerating but only a little) She is rude to every single person in this book. You'd think she has a good reason to be a bitch to her stepmother but nope. She plays loud volume music to give a message that Hannah (her stepmother) is NOT welcome in her room. She rolls her eyes every single time Hannah says something. She constantly makes bad decisions and does everything in her power to make the book longer than it already is. Hannah and everyone else is trying to find her father or at least helping and she is constantly snapping at them or making a snide comment. Like we get it you're sad because your father went missing but everyone else is also trying to help so for god's sake fucking calm down and go to therapy.
Hannah on the other hand, is a saint. Her husband of one year left her with no clue, bunch of police officers on her tail, a bitch of a daughter to look after, no explanation. And Hannah made it her job to somehow be patient through all of this. I love her for this though. But is this a bit unrealistic? Yes. Did I roll my eyes multiple times (kinda like the brat Bailey?) also, yes.
anyways, now to the mystery. if there is anything worse than the characters in this book. It's the mystery. It's sooooo bad and unsatisfying. The author tried her best to make me understand why Owen's disappearance is a big deal and important and what not. But I just don't buy it? Hannah and Owen had so many solutions. So many. Yet the one they chose was the hardest one. Why would you pick the easy pheezy solution when you can ruin your whole life, mental peace, happiness, family bonding and the entire book. right?
I saw many complains about the epilogue but I won't say it's worse than the whole book. I mean, it's still pretty bad. Bad enough to make me wanna scream in frustration.
One star for the cover because it's green. also, the floating houses are cute tbh. (also because i can't rate it anything less than one star, goodreads really needs to start a 0 star feature for books like these)...more
This is a good girls guide to murder with a different murder mystery and you can't convince me otherwise. AT took all the best part of AGGTM and changeThis is a good girls guide to murder with a different murder mystery and you can't convince me otherwise. AT took all the best part of AGGTM and changed the terrible parts. yes "Lucy" is an infinity times better name than Pip and I stand by it. This book was damn near perfect.
- an actual, for real, "funny" protagonist? check - small town where everyone knows each other? check - indirectly smashing the patriarchy with sarcasm? hell yeah, check - an actual cute romance side plot that wasn't overly done? check - MURDER PODCAST LIKE PIP AND RAVI??? check - girl friendship that maybe made me tear up a little bit? check check check
everyone has already read this book but if you haven't, please go and read it. this deserves as much love as AGGTM if not more....more
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