bethbarron's reviews
473 reviews

The plot gave me real whiplash, but was a fun ride! Definitely be careful of the grief involved here, though. It is unavoidably dark. 

Loved the writing, but almost wish the story had been told sequentially instead of through flashbacks. Bob Comet isn't a flashy main character, just as this book isn't flashy. More of a quiet read, if that makes sense. 

This was a delight to read during my trip to NYC. 

I think Nesta is my fav. This was really good. Plot very interesting throughout, but a few weird choices toward the end, imo

This has been on my tbr for years and with the movie release, I finally remembered to grab it from the library. It is... Awful. Horrifying. Altogether not surprising. From a composition standpoint, some of the interjections about Hoover and the FBI seemed forced, but guess important. Hard to believe this level of negligence is what started our highest investigation department. Grann documents the Reign of Terror and murder of Osage peoples for decades in the early to mid 20th century, though most of the evidence does not exist due to the depths of corruption at the time. The amount of corruption and gaslighting is nauseating. And yet not hard to believe. Even today there are untold numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women that are not investigated. A necessary read. have also heard that The Deaths of Sybil Bolton by Dennis McAuliffe Jr is very good as well

A quick, but very sweet read. I love the idea of Clock Island and how children's books have such a lasting impact on their readers.

Fucking brilliant.

Ok. This was highly entertaining and I really enjoyed the development of the minor characters. Violet AND Xaden drove me crazy throughout and I think the rush to publish this made the editing a little sloppy. There were typos & extra pages that I felt like we could have done without. Generally still here for the series though. I just hope the quality is much better for the following releases. 

The downtown abbey Christmas special of ACOTAR. 

I switched from audio to physical book because the audio was confusing (the bits before each chapter + distinguishing when Elspeth was speaking out loud and speaking in her mind).

Can someone please make this deck of cards? Bc wow. 
Very much enjoyed this. Will be getting the sequel before next week.