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THE PLOT
CHERISH FARRAH follows Cherish and Farrah who are the only two black girls in their upper-class community. They are best friends. Cherish is the adopted daughter of white parents. Farrah's parents have lost their home to foreclosure and she has been living with her best friend Cherish while her parents try to figure everything out. As troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitman family, the longer she stays, the more her own parents suggest that something is wrong in the Whitman house. Soon everything begins to unravel when the Whitmans invite Farrah closer, and it's anyone's guess who is really in control.
MY OPINION
DNF at 10%. For the life of me, I could not get into this book. I honestly did not like the writing at all. I struggled so much with actually trying to read this. I struggle with ADHD and sometimes I physically can not read a book because the words are not making sense. Most of the time when this happens I am able to continue reading and the words start to make sense, but with this book that did not happen. I had to read over the sentences multiple times to try to understand them. Honestly, this is my problem but I think their writing style did not help me.
Thank you to Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
DNF
I don't know what is happening to me but every book recently I just could not finish, this being one of them.
Now, this sounded intriguing and the writing wasn't bad but there were a lot of things that bothered me. I'm just going to list everything that I didn't like sorry. There were way too many characters and POVs. There was so much happening that I couldn't really get into the story because of that. There was really no character development and I got pretty far before I DNF. Because of the lack of character development, I couldn't connect with anyone.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
DNF
Everyone seems to love this, but I did not.
The writing was choppy to me. The dual timelines were not interesting and the plot barely moved. I tried to read this multiple times and just couldn't get through it. There were also really weird word choices that pulled me out of the story. There was honestly nothing that I enjoyed.
DNF at 40%
I honestly just could not get into this book. I think it mostly had to do with the writing style, it just didn't work for me. I didn't feel connected to the characters and honestly didn't care what happened
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
DNF
I, unfortunately, could not get into this book. I got about 45% though and could not finish it. So let me rant.
night owls and summer skies open with our main character, Emma lane, going to stay with her toxic, bigoted mother for the summer, but things quickly go awry when it's revealed Emma will be going to camp mapplewood while her mother and brand-new husband go on their honeymoon. she's determined to get out but she gets caught up in a whirlwind of drama, as well as a budding romance with Vivian black, who is a counselor.
My biggest problem was Vivian. I just could not stand her. Vivian pursues this relationship just as much as Emma but no one around Vivian thinks this is a problem, like what?!? Vivian looks through Emma's phone and makes fun of her campers. Like why? Also, I and the writing just didn't click. I didn't feel any connection to the characters. The dialogues were very choppy and felt too much like a script to make it seem interesting. I was so excited for this because a gay summer romance? Yes, please! Unfortunately, this just didn't work.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me an e-copy for review.
DNA at 45%
I really wanted to love this book. The premise, which promised a “blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction” sounded really intriguing and promising. I felt that the pacing was kinda off, sometimes it felt fast other times it felt slow. I also felt like the author was trying to do too many things at once. Also, the romance was really underwhelming for me, I just didn't understand it. I'm SOO upset about this because I honestly was so excited to read this. I might try this again in a couple of months but I'm not sure.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
THE PLOT
“Alone in a hunting cabin, off-grid in an untamed wilderness. How does marriage come to this?”
Cameron's husband John has disappeared while hunting and is presumed dead from a bear attack. After this, she finds the crime photos. John's role in the recent Seattle serial murders was discovered. Cameron believes if her husband could hide the unimaginable from her, who's to say he is truly dead?
MY OPINION
DNF at 48%. I really did not care about anything while reading this book. I found it so boring. None of the characters felt real. I did not care what happened to Cameron and I didn't care to find out.
Thank you to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
DNF at 48%
While I was reading this book I was feeling very iffy about the disability rep. There were some things that I was reading that made me upset. I am not own voices, so please take a look at own voices reviews explaining why they were upset with this book. After I read own voices reviews I did not feel comfortable with finishing this. I am really upset because I want to LOVE this book.
Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
DNF at 46%
I can't put my finger on why, but I could not get into this at all. I love mystery/thrillers but I really couldn't finish this. The writing in my opinion just wasn't anything special and I didn't care about the characters at all. I found myself getting distracted and could not focus on this book. It's such a shame because I was really excited to read this.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
DNF
I really did not like this book. People were saying that this was a fast-paced book but I do not agree. I felt like it dragged so much. There was too much POV's and they did nothing for the book. Matt was extremely boring to read from. I felt like he did nothing. There were homophobic/racists comments and that was what really push me over the edge. I don't understand why the editor didn't remove those comments. I just don't understand why people love this book.
Thank you NetGalley and Minotaur Books for an advanced readers copy in exchange for my review.
DNF at 50%
I was really excited to read this. But unfortunately, I could not make it through this.
This book follows Jake who opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void. We follow Jake and his gang trying to find the Embassy of the Dead and seek protection.
I think the reason I didn't like this was that it was a little too young for me. I love middle grade but I felt like this is for much younger readers. The characters felt flat and the plot wasn't that entertaining.
I wish I liked this, but it fell flat for me.
Thank you Candlewick Press for accepting my request to read this book as an E-ARC.
DNF at 69%
This book was just not it for me. I struggled SO MUCH reading this. I didn't like the characters and they felt flat to me. The writing was okay but nothing special. I can understand why people are giving this good reviews but it just was not for me.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.