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Shes Not Sorry
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Mary Kubica
AshRaye
, May 19, 2024
This is the first book I have read from this author, but it didn't take long for me to see how well she can write. The suspense is done so well it makes you feel like you are in the story, feeling everything along with the character. The type of paranoia that was built felt real. I was drawn into the story immediately. Now, there were quite a few twists and turns throughout the story, some of which were a little easy to guess. I had some things figured out from the very beginning of the book. I do think there were some little red herrings that didn't work as well as they should have to throw off you suspicions. They only served as a distraction for a short time, but you knew they wouldn't amount to much. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending. I don't think it quite lives up to the rest of the book, but at the same time, I'm not angry about it. I think I'm just slightly disappointed and I don't know why. I might check out some of the author's other work, because I liked the writing style so much. But, I don't think this will become a new favorite of mine.
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The Fury
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Alex Michaelides
AshRaye
, January 22, 2024
I really don't know how to review this book. My feelings and thoughts are all over the place. I didn't hate it, but I also didn't like it. I couldn't connect with the characters at all. None of them were likeable. They all were rather horrible and unrelatable. I didn't really want to read anything about them. The story wasn't particularly interesting, probably because I didn't care for any of the characters. I also felt like they didn't have much development to some of them. However, that makes sense given the nature of the story. It was a little all over the place. The timeline had a ton of jumps. It was done in a unique way, that I didn't necessarily dislike. I think it shows us a bit more about the narrator with it written this way. But, I didn't feel that way until after I finished the book. During the story, it made it a little hard to follow what was going on. It was used to give some twists and surprises to the story. The result was that I found it hard to leave the story. I was stuck to it like it was a bad car crash. I couldn't look away. I had to know all the details even though I knew it wouldn't make me feel better about what happened.
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Lunar New Year Love Story
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Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen Pham
AshRaye
, January 09, 2024
I was amazed by how touching I found this story. I thought it was just going to be a cute love story set around Lunar New Year. I was wrong. There was so much more than just romantic love, there was familial love, platonic love between friends. It was all woven together in a beautiful story, rich with culture, that also touches on grief and strained family relationships. It was all well balanced, though. There was definitely enough comic relief (aka Grandma) that nothing ever got too heavy. I laughed out loud, teared up a little, smiled a lot. All of which are signs of a great story. I was thoroughly immersed in the book and was sad to see it end. The author did a great job with the story and the illustrator really brought the story to life. I honestly think it was the best graphic novel I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Beautifully done, this is such a good way to start the year.
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