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The Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dare

July 11, 2020

One sentence: Exactly what I expected, plus so heart-warming. Three thoughts: I love Adunni. She is a firecracker. I was so thrown off by the voice in this novel at first, but before long it flowed very smoothly and I loved that. Adunni’s life suuuucked, no doubt about that, but there were a few really good people helping her out. In that respect, she was lucky. Rating Characters: 5/5. Abi Daré can write some characters. I swear, all of the characters in this book had such depth. My ...

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Sometimes I Lie | Alice Feeney

April 7, 2020

One sentence: Like, what the hell? Three thoughts: I came away from this book so confused, and apparently I’m not the only one. I am definitely reading the sequel, if there ever is one. This book is full – FULL – of terrible people! Rating Characters: 4/5. Wow, what a bunch of terrible people. But also, like, are they??? What’s the truth here? I was totally fine with Amber, then I hated her, then I felt terrible for her, and now I’m like wait, what the fuck? And it’s ...

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The Last Mrs. Parrish | Liv Constantine

April 6, 2020

One sentence: It had its weaknesses, but it was definitely still a page-turner. Three thoughts: I was really turned off at first by his unrealistic some parts of the relationships were, and the dialogue wasn’t great. I’ve been waiting to read this for a while, and even with the issues I had, it still lived up to the hype. Never heard of Liv Constantine before now but based on this book, I’ll read more of her stuff. Rating Characters: 4/5. I had to really think a bit before judging ...

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My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell

April 6, 2020

One sentence: Nestled neatly in the category of “fucked up things that are my favorite things to read about,” this book was really good and also really infuriating. Three thoughts: I’m not the type of reader who often finds myself (even internally) yelling at the characters in books, but I SURE DID THIS TIME. This is a terrible suggestion in reality, but part of me feels like young people should read books like this, to see exactly how gaslighting and manipulation happens. I’m now terrified ...