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Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Didn’t realise this was a YA romance and I just can’t with the overly dramatic narration on this one 😅
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
Didn't feel remotely as engaged in this as I hoped I'd be, especially by 19%. Think it could make for a decent gentle bedtime read so I would probably try it in a different format than audio if I were to re-try this one.
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
The Roughest Draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Was really excited by the first two chapters of this book but then set it down and picked it back up a week or so later when I had finished the other kindle book I was reading, and I found the next few chapters to just be very uncomfortable reading.
I firstly realised that the authors were setting us up for an infidelity novel which on premise alone I wasn’t excited about, plus I found the relationship between our main character and her husband, Chris, just honestly horrific. I know it’s meant to be written that way and we’re supposed to feel that way because then we feel less bad about the fact that she cheats on him later in the novel, but I was just acutely aware that I was reading fiction and it all felt a bit false and forced to me.
Moving on to something else now.
I firstly realised that the authors were setting us up for an infidelity novel which on premise alone I wasn’t excited about, plus I found the relationship between our main character and her husband, Chris, just honestly horrific. I know it’s meant to be written that way and we’re supposed to feel that way because then we feel less bad about the fact that she cheats on him later in the novel, but I was just acutely aware that I was reading fiction and it all felt a bit false and forced to me.
Moving on to something else now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This would be a great pick for fans of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series - a light read with several stories that follow the same format (the patron comes into the restaurant looking for a specific dish connected to a memory or time in their lives, the chef finds all the details of the dish and recreates it for the guest two weeks later and then they enjoy the dish immensely and get flooded with memories).
The formulaic aspect of it wouldn’t typically be my cup of tea but I read it every night before going to sleep and the predictability of it meant that I wasn’t staying awake just to find out what happened next (something that’s happened to me a couple of times recently). Having struggled with sleep issues of late, I’m grateful that the book didn’t exacerbate them.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives was a really rather wholesome read overall and several of the stories were quite touching. My only real gripe was that they saved an unlikeable character for the last story. I would have rather finished on a wholly wholesome one but maybe that’s just me.
I would probably continue with the series if my thought was to continue reading it before sleep. I’m not sure I would have stuck with this book if I’d read it during the day though, to be honest 🤭
The formulaic aspect of it wouldn’t typically be my cup of tea but I read it every night before going to sleep and the predictability of it meant that I wasn’t staying awake just to find out what happened next (something that’s happened to me a couple of times recently). Having struggled with sleep issues of late, I’m grateful that the book didn’t exacerbate them.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives was a really rather wholesome read overall and several of the stories were quite touching. My only real gripe was that they saved an unlikeable character for the last story. I would have rather finished on a wholly wholesome one but maybe that’s just me.
I would probably continue with the series if my thought was to continue reading it before sleep. I’m not sure I would have stuck with this book if I’d read it during the day though, to be honest 🤭
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Started listening to this on my walk last night and just couldn’t get into it. I felt that the relationship with the boyfriend was a bit confusing and the relationship with the side interest (clearly soon to be romantic interest) was kind of setting our MC up for some kind of infidelity situation - perhaps even already teasing with some emotional infidelity. Idk, just wasn’t one I was keen to continue listening to.
Thank you to the publishers for the review copy via LIBRO.FM.
Thank you to the publishers for the review copy via LIBRO.FM.