claustrophobic, atmospheric, fundamentally about the horrors of coming back home after you are an adult. repetition used to absolute maximum effect. some parts of this book made me feel physically sick, but it’s not necessarily gory, just kind of, nausea-inducing. in a positive way? I was very lucky to get this eARC as both an […]
I really expected this to be a “fucked up woman makes fucked up decisions for 400 pages and then you’re mad about it but also can’t stop thinking about it” book, and it is kind of that but also like, in some new and different ways. I recommend it! It’s also sapphic. Four stars. Bookshop […]
Okay it’s been about three hours so I do finally feel qualified to think about this book. This book is intense, and very interesting, and very long. It’s 512 pages, and it absolutely does not feel like 512 pages — it feels like it’s 200 max, and I finished this book inside of four hours. […]
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a book blogging meme hosted over at Wishful Endings. It’s to discuss and spotlight books that you’re excited about but that you haven’t read yet, to get you more excited about your TBR pile! It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which is hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. I […]
Lisi Harrison is a really prolific author, and it’s because she writes pop fiction, which is not necessarily Good Fiction. This book is. Fine. I read a lot of REALLY GOOD middle grade fiction, and this is not REALLY GOOD middle grade fiction. It’s perfectly fine middle grade, and one thing about the Graveyard Girls […]
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a book blogging meme hosted over at Wishful Endings. It’s to discuss and spotlight books that you’re excited about but that you haven’t read yet, to get you more excited about your TBR pile! It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which is hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. I […]
This was a ??? Romcom thriller? Adventure book? It certainly was not a cozy mystery like I expected. It’s quick and easy and kind of a weird quirky thriller. Almost a cozy mystery, just not set in a cozy town and with hardly any of the Standard Tropes. It’s also kind of a little surreal, […]
Uhhhh well you know what? This is Not a Cozy Mystery and I do not remember requesting it but I did not expect this to Not Be A Cozy Mystery. Honestly I think I picked this up because I expected the car on the cover to represent repressed homosexual desires. It Did Not. This is […]
I think the less you know about this book going into it, the better! It’s weird, it’s kind of experimental, it’s all based on vibes, and also there’s a lot of insects and someone that has a lot of anxiety. Also it’s sapphic. It’s kind of like Wilder Girls and also nothing like Wilder Girls. […]
This book was WILD and NOTHING MADE SENSE, even on a reread. However, it was a great ride! And it’s sapphic! What’s not to love? Well, there’s the writing, the dialogue, and the major plot holes. But other than that! I would have loved reading this at my middle school library. Three stars.