I read a few too many articles calling this book the “future of YA” and should have tempered my expectations more. I went in think I’d be blown away which left me unfortunately underwhelmed. The world building is incredible, but the story, characters, and writing leave something to be desired. The author’s statement – and interviews she has given – indicates that she in part wrote this book to give little black girls a heroine they could identify with, someone who would look like them. […]
Reese Witherspoon has really good taste
I really had no idea what to expect with this book and it really blew me away. I gauged that it was definitely going to be about someone who was certainly not completely fine but this book had very unexpected depths and a wonderfully human story focused on a woman so unlike anyone I have ever known. It centers, understandably, on a woman named Eleanor Oliphant. She has a desk job (and trusts that boring description will preclude further questions) and she has her routine, […]
This did the job
This was a great book for disappearing into. You have those days (weeks) where you just need to be somewhere else? This series really does the trick. They suck you in nicely and you can just exist elsewhere for an hour or two or three. Book 2 of Darkest Minds picks up a few months after the first. Ruby has been with the Children’s League for some time and is an efficient, if less than willing, weapon. Her abilities as an Orange allow her to read […]
Hunger Games-level of third book slump
I think this is the last one? I hope this is the last one. This book took all the gains that were made in book 2 and retreated waaaaaay back behind the starting line. It’s the super stylized writing that gets me, the page after page of stunted, one-line paragraphs repeatedly truncated to show rapid action. I mean, sure, it helps the book move quickly, but it feels like reading a seizure. Again, this book picks up right where the previous one left off. A […]