books like this make me realise that I don't dislike short books, most the time they are just done wrong or are short for the sake of being short. the way this is written and how the information is fed to the reader is done so well and works great in short form. some stuff did go over my head since im not british but everything else I did understand I really loved.
3.75
this was a pretty standard ya book for the most part; really enjoyed the fbi parts, the romance not so much (it was mostly cringy). the last 30 pages were good so I bumped the rating up and I will give the series a chance! yeah it's not perfect but I'm trying not to be harsh on ya, especially since this one was mostly readable and not too youngish
this was okay, very boring at times and took me 3 days to finish despite how short it is. part one was the only one i “enjoyed” (if u can even call it that), the rest was just not that interesting to me. i'd prefer if the whole book was just victim testimonies because that's the most important in my opinion. still an important read and i learned some stuff from it that i havent heard before.
this suffers from great idea, poor execution. this story has such a huge cultural impact and I know how important it is but oh my god would it kill the author to make it at least a bit more interesting? I felt like the whole time she's edging us and coming very close to finally showing something interesting but then takes a turn and comes back to the boring path. NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS AND THE WRITING WAS SO BORING!!!!! I'm so dissapointed and I don't even care to finish the duology BUT I'm willing to give the show a chance.
2.5?
very conflicted bc the ending made me tear up and the whole character of merry was very sad and I love her so much and I think she's the cutest kid character I've ever read about. but all that aside the book was just okay and I don't really know what the point was coz I feel like as a reader u know right away this was about mental illness so there's no surprise factor? idk im just sad over this little kid being manipulated and not understanding what she did, that part made me want to cry so bad (if that story is real, but either way I'm sad)
3.5
to say I'm dissapointed would be an understatement. this wasn't bad but also not as good as I hoped it would. started so fucking great and I thought it will be my second penpal but then it got kinda boring and dragged and went on a billion side plots that didn't even amount to anything and then it ended. im SOO sad this wasn't a 5 star. such a beautiful cover too what a shame