Rating: 9/10 (Beautiful, but not my genre, and I suspect I am going to have nightmares.) I still can’t tell who pushed who to what point, or who is the true villain. This book is deliciously complex, delving into human psychology in a fascinating way. The narrator is incredibly unreliable— not only is her judgementContinue reading “Book Review: A Lesson in Vengeance”
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Book Review: Babel by R. F. Kuang
Rating: 10/10 Ok, so this book is brilliant. Like, just straight up brilliant. The way it explores the tensions of class and race, the way it inspects colonialism, adding magical realism to expose/emphasize the role of language and extraction of resources (including people) was amazing. This book kind of broke me. The way the narratingContinue reading “Book Review: Babel by R. F. Kuang”
Book Review: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Rating: 9.5/10 This book would have gotten a 10, but it turns out it’s part of a series. I am extremely annoyed about this. I was satisfied with the ending! It worked perfectly well as a stand-alone damn it! Now I’m stressed out about what’s going to happen next! Still, this book is amazing. NowContinue reading “Book Review: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik”
Book Review: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Rating: 9/10 Favorite Character: Hannah This book was pretty incredible. The story is from five different perspectives, all of whom are keeping secrets. The characters all share very complicated relationships as well as lush, painful backstories which are revealed piece by piece. No one character knows the full story, and you, as the reader, areContinue reading “Book Review: The Guest List by Lucy Foley”
Book Review: The Ivies by Alexa Donne
Rating: 8.5/10 Honestly, this book reminded me a little too much of my school. It’s pretty much an exaggeration of uber-competitive crazy town high schools. It’s a story about the Ivies, a clique of girls who work together to get into their Ivy- taking down their competition. What would you do to make your dreamsContinue reading “Book Review: The Ivies by Alexa Donne”
Book Review: If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
Rating: 10/10 Oh. My. God. This was THE most intense book I’ve ever read. Ever. Seriously, it was… a transcendental experience. Somehow, the author managed to make the scenes in which the characters were using Shakespeare’s words, not their own, devastating and rife with subtext. I felt like I understood how the words were conveyedContinue reading “Book Review: If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio”
Book Review: People Like Us by Dana Mele
Rating: 9/10 This book really kept me on my toes. I couldn’t put it down. A murder mystery at an all-girls private boarding school, the twists and turns in the story are shocking. The book constantly keeps you guessing, wondering who did it and just what is going on. You know the narrator is keepingContinue reading “Book Review: People Like Us by Dana Mele”
Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Rating: 10/10 Favorite Quote: “Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.” This book was fantastic. I am so obsessed. It’s very powerful. I think the most haunting thing about this book is how it explores humanity and the limits we place on ourselves. Honestly, the best way to describe this bookContinue reading “Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt”
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