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The Haunting of Hill House book follows four strangers, all of whom come to Hill …
Fun, then uneasy, then extremely disquieting. Jackson breaks the unwitting reader down as deftly as Hill House does its unwitting inhabitants. Excellent prose- campy but not cheesy. Perfect pace & tension, a new favourite!
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. …
What a fun read. Adventure! Travel! Magic! Tropes! Tropes! Tropes!
Light without being smug, sweet without being yuck, & a little bit of romantic yearning that doesn't cross into stupid.
It's the worldbuilding for me tho. A textured universe that I want to spend more time in.
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman …
The Haunting of Hill House book follows four strangers, all of whom come to Hill House, long-rumored to be haunted, …
It's the most-watched game show in the galaxy!
In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to the …
The Book Thief is a novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, and is his …
It's historical misery porn, your Angela's Ashes or Kite Runner sort of deal. It's a bit smug & condescending which is a lot since it's pretty clear the author had no idea how to end it & panicked. The main character is devoid of personality & the cute trick of the narrator being the grim reaper gets old the second time it appears. I cried at the end but possibly because I was also ready for death to swing past one last time.
Will I ever learn to read a synopsis before starting a book? No. I blame the dice roll that chose this from my burgeoning 'to read' pile. Lousy roll
Finished, review: bookwyrm.social/user/Chungledown_Bim/review/2024041#anchor-2024041
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
I think I get it, it's jazz- two authors in an experimental flirtation. One author is scifi, the other enjoys regency epistolary romance. A cute experiment that never should have seen the light of day
The cringe. The prose is so awkward, so desperate. It's like Ready Player One, full of snide references- Do you get it? Do you see? Are you worthy of me & my enormous capacity for yellowing Tumblr memes & high-school literary reference?
Yeah, nah. Get in the bin.
This one is short, but such a slog. Both protagonists seem utterly insufferable & I wish them upon each other. The writing is smug & overblown as a 14-year-old who got the fedora they wanted for Christmas. M'edgelord.
I'd have quit this shit, life's too short, BUT THEN my favourite thing in the world
🌈✨️ gay yearning ✨️🌈
"Or: Blue (she lets herself think that name once in a two-mooned month) read her letter and recoiled. Red wrote too much too fast. Her pen had a heart inside, and the nib was a wound in a vein. She stained the page with herself. She sometimes forgets what she wrote, save that it was true, and the writing hurt."
So now I have to finish. If I can. I hate it
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
Oh this is ... florid
The King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. …
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …
Superior Glokta has a problem. How can he defend a city surrounded by enemies and …
Holy. Shit. Idk whether to laugh or cry so I'm just doing both.
Superior Glokta has a problem. How can he defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when his …
