panReese fibbed!!!! I haven‘t had much time to read lately either, but it sure slowed me down. 🙃
dabbe #fanofthepan! #betterbooksahead 🤩🤩🤩 2d
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panReese fibbed!!!! I haven‘t had much time to read lately either, but it sure slowed me down. 🙃
panI loved the concept but did not enjoy this and dreaded reading it 😂. Would've dnfed but it was for book club 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
panI can see how this was the authors first book. This was unengaging to me; none of the characters stood out, each being a disgruntled employee when they are fired for a bad reason. For this mc her face. What ensues is her following other fired workers a course of becoming whistleblowers. The romance was almost nonexistent and unnecessary in my mind. Where there are strong female characters- did love them. Ending came up quick, and then dropped away
panIt took me months to finish this historical, fatasy romance. There are two timelines in the novel. I figured out the twist well before the novel revealed the connection between the past and present. The writing was cliqued at times. I was not the right reader for this novel. 2 🌟
panDo you ever read a book and it makes you wonder if maybe a whole genre just isn‘t for you anymore? For me, that was Middletide, a literary thriller about a failed author returning to his PNW hometown. When the dead body of the town‘s doctor is found on his isolated property, Elijah finds himself under scrutiny. This book is a love letter to the Pacific Northwest, beautifully bringing its scenery to life, but that‘s where my praise ends. ⬇️
panThere are threads of an idea but it was poorly executed. It seemed the author was trying to explore the concept of fate” but it came across as a cheap plot device. Combined with a lack of world-building, poor pacing, flat characters, and predictable plot with no real purpose, this was a disappointing read. I basically skimmed most of it just to finish it & get it off my shelf.
Book 7 for #AwesomeApril
Book 2 for #wyrdandwonder24
pan2/5
First, I think these poems were collected mostly from personal letters Proust sent to friends, so they were not intended for publication.
Because of this, they are not polished, they tend to be simplistic in the rhymes, but also they contain a lot of personal references or references to characters from that period, which can make their context difficult to understand.
panThe entire story felt like a series of scenes with no overall plot or end goal. And the title bugs me. I get that it's the 3d book and there's a theme, and maybe I'm being pedantic, but Dante didn't get drunk—Cherry *drugged* him (which I‘m not even going to comment on). And I didn‘t like Cherry.
Overall, disappointing. It just felt like lazy story writing just to get a 3d book out.
Book 6 for #AwesomeApril
Book 1 for #wyrdandwonder24
panI always feel like such a grumpy old woman when I so fervently dislike a book that everyone else seems to love. I ranted about this one a lot on GR. My main issue probably comes down to finding Dimple irredeemably unlikable. Just because someone is a strong female character interested in computers doesn't mean she also needs to be an absolute ass who goes off on everyone who doesn't 100% agree with her, ⬇
