goatsrsexy's reviews
579 reviews

A difficult one to review. Very dark and difficult to read but I loved the more critical narration and the style of the book.

This has been on my list for a while. It was definitely a very dark (and potentially triggering to many people) story, but I loved it. It was both relatable and extremely unrelatable at the same time. At its root it's about lonely, abused, traumatized people who don't know how to be functioning members of society. A lot of sadness.

This is probably the most mature book I've read in the animorph series so far. It didn't even really feel like I was reading a middle grade book honestly. It was incredibly dark and sad, I really loved the way it explores the horrors of war and violence and oppression. There was so much going on and even a beautiful love story. A true masterpiece tbh

I was a big fan of Cursed Bunny, so I was excited to read Your Utopia. Yet I kept putting it off. There were stories in here that I absolutely loved but there were also quite a few misses for me. It wasn't the 5 star every story is a winner kinda experience I had with Cursed Bunny. There was definitely still more than enough in here to be worth the read though.

The End Of The Voyage was so much fun and a really unique take on two common tropes.

Maria, Gratia Plena was beautiful and so sad.

A Song For Sleep was my favourite story, I just loved it.

Seed was my other favourite and it was hard to choose between this one and A Song For Sleep as my top pick. Such a sad but also funny and unique story.

To Meet Her was also a very good story, I loved the protagonist.

Your Utopia, A Very Ordinary Marriage, & The Center For Immortality Research were the three that just didn't really work for me.

This collection was a lot more focused on SciFi which I love but I did wish there was more horror as well. Definitely excited to see what Bora Chung puts out next, I think I remember seeing a novel in the works but I don't see it listed anywhere now so I'm not sure.

Just not for me

Boring

I have had this book on my list for a while because it's based on Jewish folklore, but I kept putting it off cus I'm not huge on fantasy, I'm so glad I finally read it!

The Pomegranate Gate is probably one of the most Jewish books I've read which I loved! The story was super interesting. At the beginning I was having a hard time getting into it but I'd say around the 30% mark is when I started being super intrigued and reading a lot faster.

I've always been a fan of fae folklore so a book from a Jewish perspective that incorporates a lot of the same things worked super well for me! I'm excited to read the sequel which I've already been approved for on netgalley, thank goodness because I don't think I could wait until October.

Could've been a decent story about a woman learning how to be independent but instead we get a woman getting controlled by multiple man children and it's way too long for a romance anyways

I was lucky enough to receive digital advanced copies of both books in this duology so thank you to the publisher for that! I loved this book just as much aas the first one, and I was really worried I wouldn't tbh. I love how the plot is so ridiculous and kinda silly but it doesn't make the story silly, there is so much heart and relatablitiy in these books!

Obviously after the first books cliffhanger I was dying to find out what would happen, and I did not see any of that coming! I was literally sitting in shock while reading this book lol. I also finished it in a day which I hardly ever do anymore. I was very satisfied with the ending to this book but would love to see the world expand and get some books focusing on side characters. Definitely will keep an eye on this author either way!

I don't know why it's taken me so long to read this since I loved station eleven. The Glass Hotel has a less interesting plot than Station Eleven but the writing is way better. I absolutely loved the prose of this book, it was so beautiful. I loved the way the different stories all came together. I easily get bored with character driven novels if they're not well written but this wasn't an issue here. I definitely read this book slowly but it was because I wanted to savour it. Definitely my favourite read so far this year.