Too shoujo for me.
The protagonist is just too Japanese for my liking. She doesn't want to cause troubles for anyone, so she'd rather use the smaller size of shoes than ask for her size. She'd rather eat any bun that is left rather than take the one she likes and leave someone with the other less tasty buns. She'd rather stop speaking to her best friend than face the disapproving glances of his new girlfriend. In short, she's a doormat, and I'm not longer in the mood for self-obsessed doormats. Plus the story is too melodramatic.
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byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Orange 1 (オレンジ, #1) by Ichigo Takano
Review of 'Orange 1 (オレンジ, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated Cabal: 3 stars
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
Review of 'Qualityland' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Very funny! I love well written satire!
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated Elder Race: 4 stars
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to …
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
A dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's …
Review of 'Ring Shout' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Better than I thought.
Way better than "A Dead Djinn in Cairo"!
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard (Carter & Lovecraft #1)
Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case-the hunt for a …
Review of 'Carter & Lovecraft' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Interesting end. But I think the story slowed a little in the last third part.
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated The crimson petal and the white: 5 stars
The crimson petal and the white by Michel Faber
The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2002 novel by Michel Faber set in Victorian England. The title is …
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated After long silence: 4 stars
After long silence by Sheri S. Tepper (Bantam Spectra science fiction)
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated Two dozen dragon eggs: 5 stars
Two dozen dragon eggs by Donald A. Wollheim ((Dobson science fiction))
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has …
Review of 'Magpie Murders' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I have issues with Crete.
Big issues!
EDIT: April, 2022
The new BBC series about the book is marvellous! All my issues about Crete were properly addressed and there are no issues any more! Now, if only the relation between Miss Ryeland and Pünt was like this in the book...!
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated Servant of the Underworld: 2 stars
byayoi - Sour Kitty rated The Odyssey (Bantam Literature): 4 stars
The Odyssey (Bantam Literature) by Homer (Bantam Literature)
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …
Review of 'Piranesi' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Quite good. And it has a better ending than "Jonathan Strange...."
byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
"In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a '90s heavy metal band …
Review of 'We Sold Our Souls' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
This is just chatter and chatter and chatter... Mr. Hendrix likes a lot the sound of his voice (or is it his clacking keyboard?)
Didn't like the pseudo-liberated female lead. When she's alone she does everything wrong, and her male friends have to help her.
Had to do a lot of skimming to finish this one.