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376 reviews

It's hard to give this book a star rating — I initially got this because I needed to cite some sources for my essay, but I ended up reading the whole thing. Interesting, although a litte bit repetitive.

Vilkkumaa by Maija Vilkkumaa, Miina Supinen

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

"sä halusit päälavalle provinssiin
ja broadwaylle new yorkiin
sä olit varma et sinusta tulee tähti"
ja niin tuli <3 ihana kirja ja tärkeää että just Maijan itsensä lukema, en olisi millään halunnut keskeyttää kuuntelemista aina välillä, kun pakko oli.
Jokin tässä jäi kuitenkin hieman etäiseksi, ehkä kerronta oli vähän liian "minä sitä, minä tätä"-tyylistä, liian toistavaa — vaikka kyse onkin faktoihin perustuvasta tekstistä niin kieli olisi saanut olla vähän vivahteikkaampaa. Samoin kaikki naiseuteen ja feminismiin liittyneet asiat jäivät lopulta aika pintapuolisiksi, ymmärrän ettei kirjan perimmäinen fokus ollut niissä mutta kun niistä kuitenkin puhuttiin alusta asti niin jotain vielä syvempää otetta olisin kaivannut.

Humiseva harju by Emily Brontë

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

this differed a lot from my expectations, the gothic stuff was surprising but in a positive way... unlike all the marriages. So much death and almost everyone was an asshole in their own way and the love stories didn't feel believable enough so that I could have cared for the characters.

also you can never make me root for a marriage between CHILDREN that are COUSINS and make it happen multiple times.

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Kuparisydän by Leena Lehtolainen

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

on vähän ironista, miten Maria Kallio on olevinaan feministi ja silti koko teksti on täynnä "en ole niin kuin muut tytöt"-juttuja... muuten tarina oli kyllä hyvä ja koukuttava, kivaa että se sijoittui vaihteeksi paikallisiin maisemiin — toisaalta Arpikylä on niin ilmiselvästi Outokumpu, että nimenvaihto on ihan turha.

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Sää joka muutti maailmaa by Marcus Rosenlund

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funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Twisted Games by Ana Huang

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dark emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

This book was drastically better than Twisted Love for two reasons: a realistic plot and the absence of Alex Volkov. The first half of the book really exceeded my expectations, but then the story just kept dragging on and on despite the time skips. Had this book been like 200 pages shorter I would have rated it around 3.5 stars — if you like porn with absolutely no plot, then you should like the latter half of this book. It could have been closer to 4 stars if Rhys wasn't so possessive and aggressive. Hell, CAN'T I ENJOY CONSENSUAL DOMINANCE IN A SEXUAL CONTEXT WITHOUT THE MAN BEING VIOLENT IN NONSEXUAL SITUATIONS AS WELL?? That's extremely unsexy, anger issues do not turn me on. Also, I guessed the plot twist in the very beginning,

the one where Rhys is revealed to be of noble Eldorran descent and they get married. (but if Rhys is the brother of Bridget's cousin, doesn't it make Rhys and Bridget half-cousins??? ew.)

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