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You know how neckbeards and emos think Holden Caufield is their guy? Well... BENJI IS MINE FELLAS.

I couldn't put this shit DOWN. Thank god I didn't see the cover with the netflix pic cause I could never get over the mental image of Joe being that kid from Do Over. hell no. hell no.

I was cheering on Joe mad in this. Joe had his problems, sure. He killed people. Oops. I forgot to take out the trash. We all mess up!!!

But Beck. Damn, Joe. Move on. Girl was toxic and messy and he deserved better. I get some might think he's a stalker, but if he is, then I guess she is too! Just like Benji said. So maybe they deserve each other?

I hated this book as much as I loved it, because it really captures the zeitgeist of dating in the digital age. We're all so close to overstepping line between making sure the person you're going on a date with isn't a creep and becoming a stalker yourself when you Google your hinge date. I hated seeing so many of my actions reflected onto Joe. I've never hacked an email but who hasn't walked a little outside of the way to hopefully see someone they've been crushing on??

Messy book in the best way possible. Loved it.

This book systematically changed me. I was just a Six nerd being like 'wow I should read a book about the Six Queens!! Yasss queeeeeeen" so that I could be a little more pretentious about the musical.

I tried The Six Wives, but felt it was a little dry for me (I'm so sorry to all, but I need dialogue or something otherwise its a chore)

But this?
This was perfection. Katherine is such an incredibly interesting character and everyone is so well-rounded and I'm so pissed that King Henry didn't realize that Katherine was such a banger of a wife and he kinda buried his own grave.

My favorite scene was the wrestling match between King Henry and King Francis. That'll stick with me for a LONG time. WrestleMania, eat your heart out.

But legit, a story about a strong woman persevering when everything was against her. Someone get her a "And yet, she persisted" shirt!!

Read this after completing the whole series Tempest trilogy or whatever it's called.
I think it was supposed to be read first as it was written first? But damn man if I read this first, I'd never dive into Tempest. I loved Tempest, and each subsequent book was a major drop in quality. This is mid af, bordering on just plain bad. Nothing happens. It makes Jackson seem even more like a total cabbagehead. Him randomly being like "let me translate this book this HIGH SCHOOL girl who HAS A BOYFRIEND " was mad cringe and the fact that Julie Cross made Holly absolutely eat that up... ultimo cringe for me babs.
Is Holly or Jackson a self insert for Julie? I dk, but I do know that nothing of interest happens in this story. Nothing is continued into Tempest, it just ends before anything gets started. I'd recommend you not read this, and only read Tempest and brainwash yourself to knowing that there were never any sequels and it was a fab one off book.
Also Jackson is such a dick for hitting on a hs girl with a bf. bruh theres bro code for a reason

daevaBAD cause its BAD

Not really bad in the normal sense, it's well written. The start had me gripped. But then... nothing happened? No one had goals, it was just lots of people doing things. Like following around NPCs in Oblivion, like its cool and all but I'm here to get an escape from my life. And then at the end, it felt like Chakraborty realized nothing was happening and decided to go balls to the wall and have EVERYTHING happen.

Almost DID NOT COMPLETE - very close to dropping it and seeing what happened on wikipedia. But I kept going, and I'm not going to be one to say I'm glad I did, because tbh I'm not. I'm not attached to any of the characters, and tbf I forget their names and I literally just finished it less than 15min ago. I know there's Nahri, Ali, and Dara I think. Here's my issues:

Nahri - cool af at the beginning, but then she's too much of a 'omg I love this tall dark handsome brooding guy???'
Ali - one note, daddy's boy who finds out the world is gray but doesnt do much. Literally zero growth in the whole book.
Dara - hot guy. then the end happens and ???? wtf

I appreciate having some arab fantasy but this wasn't it for me. I aint going to recommend this to my mom!!

I was recommended this by my coworker Ivy and it pains me to have to go back to work after winter break and act like I didn't read anything she suggested to me rather than letting her know that I think the book she loved was trash.