goatsrsexy's reviews
580 reviews

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.

I just wasn't a fan of the prose

This one was a real slog. World building was non existent, all the povs had the same inner voice to the point I had to keep looking back to the beginning of the chapter to figure out who was who. But the biggest issue was that it was incredibly boring. Would not recommend.

This may have been my favourite one yet! I loved learning about exodan culture. I am forever astonished by Becky chambers world building and empathy 

I really enjoyed The Rom-Commers. At first I had to suspend my disbelief because I found the set up/premise a little bit unbelievable, but once I got into the story I didn't care about that, which is exactly how it should be with this kind of book.

So this is about a talented screenplay writer who's career never took off because she had to be the caregiver for her dad after a bad accident that disabled him. One day her ex boyfriend who is her agent suddenly gets her a job working with her favourite movie writer of all time who is a huge celebrity (you can see why I felt the premise was a bit unrealistic, but as you get more into it some things make more sense).

This is definitely a slow burn but I liked that there wasn't too much angst or miscommunication which I find is overused in romance novels. I always enjoy stories about celebrities and Hollywood etc cus I think it's a fun setting, and I'm a big movie fan as well so reading those details can be interesting. The banter in this book was witty and not over the top, and the chemistry was believable. 

This was my first book by this author but I'll definitely be adding her other books to my list!

A really sweet easy read! This book was set in Mumbai which was a nice change compared to a typical rom-com, although I often forgot it wasn't set in the US or something tbh, but I love Bollywood movies so I did enjoy all the Indian references.

Jia is the main character and she works at a magazine but runs a secret blog and dreams of becoming a matchmaker. She's in love with her family friend and he feels the same but neither will admit it until near the end of the book, it's definitely a slow burn but not in a frustrating way like is sometimes the case. 

There were a lot of sweet moments and funny banter, I loved the side characters too and would definitely enjoy it if the author decided to write a book for one of them. Either way I'll definitely be looking to see what she does next.

Thanks to the publisher for the advanced copy!

I've been meaning to read this book forever since my cousin loves it. I'm glad I finally got to it and buddy read it with my friend, we'll be doing the second book in July which I'm glad there's a gap because wow this book sure was depressing (but very good). 

It was kinda surreal to read this in 2024 since it starts in 2024 and I didn't even do that on purpose. The writing was super accessible which I think works really well since the subject matter is so dark it's better to have simple writing. The insights into the future were so interesting to read, and while I'm glad society now isn't at the state it is in this book, it definitely still hits pretty close to home. It's always interesting to read near future books written in the past because you're reading about an imagined future in the actual future.

This story definitely isn't for the faint of heart, the descriptions of violence and poverty were super detailed and vivid, but if you can handle the subject matter, this is a very very good read.

I really enjoyed this, a fun fast paced read

Such a dark ending to this trilogy