panOne sister is responsible and feels she has to care for the other sister, an emotionally fraught and dramatic woman. They go on a retreat and really not much occurs. Boring and forgettable.
panWas disappointed with this one. The pace was slow, and honestly, I was kinda bored. And I didn‘t care for the ending, which was ambiguous. I like my endings tidy!
#bookspinbingo
#read2025
#fanofthepan
panThis was absolutely crap.
I've just spent an hour explaining why on Goodreads, but I'm contemplating deleting my review because it isn't at all tactful.
Seriously though, it's not often that I get this salty over a book.
⭐️
One star
panPAN INCOMING!
I've always maintained the best YA transcends the genre. This does not. It's histrionic teen drama at its most self-centered & emotionally stunted. The characters are clichés, the responses predictable, the action minimal, the development virtually non-existent. Does the FMC fall for the bad boy with a tragic backstory & a heart of gold? Why, yes, she does - how DID you know?! Intriguing premise wasted, this was shallow & boring.
panBoring..simply just boring. I don‘t even know how I finished it but I did and the ending made me even more unhappy that I didn‘t DNF it. I‘ve loved Hawkins other books but this one for me was truly a dud.
#fanofthepan
A Secret history earned this spot without trouble.
pan#Read2025 #Wardens2025 #ReadYourKobo
Disappointed that this was more like a novella than a full length series intro. The pace was too quick for believability & lacked true depth. I won‘t be carrying on this series.
panI wanted to love this after how much I adored Such Sharp Teeth, but I did not. Sloane is so wishywashy, her best friend Naomi is a frustrating hot mess but I would have liked the book better if it followed her. I didn‘t care about the romance subplot with probably-not-dracula. There‘s no metaphor here, the beginning had Sloane reflecting on time slipping & her obsession with aging but that falls away as the action starts. I didn‘t get it. 🧛🏻♀️
panPoetry just isn't my thing. I absolutely love The Bell Jar, but I would need to take a class to understand her poems, and even then, I think I would struggle. I'm glad that I finally read this short book, even though it took #BookSpin to get me to pick it up. At least now it's #OffMyShelf
