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Character Limit by Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Horrifying!

But in more detail, I recommend this book for everyone. It's digestible no matter how closely you followed the Twitter takeover. It's at times funny, incredibly scary, and the most astounding story of the richest man in the world destroying what he set out to save. Character Limit reveals the behind the scenes to 4:00 am tweets that altered history, as well as the dumb midday decisions like the X sign on the twitter building that make me feel better about my own life as a college student with no impulse control. My bad decisions make me spend $7.45 on a coffee at Dutch Bros, not $54 billion on the modern internets equivalent of a cesspool (and for the record Elon, coffee, unlike Twitter Blue, is a quality product).

This book is an autopsy of The Site Formerly Known As Twitter, and how obsession can only destroy. Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, and even before he entered the Trump Administration, he was one of the most influential. Yet this book is a testament to how he is also perhaps one of the most insecure people in the world.

It was not enough for him to build Tesla, nor to forever altar Earths night sky with Starlink satellites. He needed more. Elon needed to be loved, to be seen as a hero. And for that need to be fulfilled, our tools of communication, our internet, and our lives, have all been irrevocably changed forever.

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Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

"Here me out!" I scream as the nurses drag me kicking and screaming into the psych ward.

I liked the characters and the world building, I enjoy reading villains. However, the brain rot/TikTok language in this is...something. Everytime I started to get into the book, there was a reference to "good soup" or some other cringe thing.

Was it strangely addicting? Yes. Was it good, funny, or made of any real substance? No. Did I read it for those things? Also no. Will I read the sequel? Absolutely.

Like C'mon. I have the same name as the female lead. I need to know how this goes for us. To use the same TikTok language as Jasmine, "Gots to see it through my boy. Gots to see it through."

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Minus one star for Penelope Ross specifically. I hate that bitch the way Kendrick hates Drake.

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Want by Gillian Anderson

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adventurous emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

An interesting introspection into the world of female fantasy. Who would've thought bigfoot did it for somebody, huh?

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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I usually love heist novels, but not this one. The tension wasn't there. It was one crime to the next with no build up between, the plan constantly going wrong before the characters set it right with their "skill set". The plot was thin and the characters one dimensional.

I've read a lot of books worse than this. I've rated many of them better than two stars. The reason I'm giving Thieves Gambit 2 and not those? Because the biggest crime in TG was not the thieving. It was that it was boring.

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced