kaceyyy's reviews
365 reviews

The first 50 pages and the last 50 pages were amazing - but in between it was a bit too descriptive and the fight scenes were a bit boring

This was so so interesting - it was an in-depth insight into the queer community in the US from the 70s onwards, and there were so many important reflections on family, identity, and substance abuse.

A good, comprehensive understanding of the creation of Zionism and the relationship between Israel and Palestine. While sometimes it was a bit difficult to stay in the moment because it was literally a transcript, it was a quick and helpful read, and i did appreciate it being more conversational at points because it made the information a little more digestible and easy to understand. It also made me want to read more work from Ilan Pappé in the future

Beautiful glimpses of love and grief - both stories were such open and honest slices of life - I wasn’t expecting them to be so emotional 

The ending felt a bit unsatisfying and sudden, but I really enjoyed the rest of the book, and the narrator was rlly good 

This traumatised me - sir could’ve given me a trigger warning before he told me to read this book - eek

The last 200 pages let me down but rlly enjoyed the rest of it - it just ended too easily and all the problems were so conveniently solved that it annoyed me

Such an interesting exploration of her views on girlhood, intimacy and food - I found her perspectives and thoughts on nostalgia and mental health particularly interesting - but I also find it more difficult to keep track of because of the jumping timeline and mix of people and places than I did for simple passion.

Good plot but slow - poor tess couldn’t catch a break and the moral of the story was so different to what it should’ve been - and the ending seemed like it was plucked from thin air

Really enjoyed the book but the last 50 pages let me down.  I wanted to know about Josie’s sister, I wanted to know what was wrong with Helen, I wanted to know what “unlifted” and “lifted” meant and their relevance to Josie and Rick.  And all of these questions were just left unanswered with no explanation.  I also felt like the last section was so rushed and tried to neatly finish the book - I would’ve rather the book be longer and keep the pacing consistent with the rest of the book than wrap things up so desperately quickly.  But, I did enjoy Ishiguro’s writing style, Klara’s character, general character development throughout and the conversations on AI, love and humanity.