Elisa Romagnoli

“Fairyland” was emotionally devastating and so beautifully, caringly put together.

I love all that I learned about divorce, divorce strategies, and women detectives in mid-19th century Britain. I also enjoyed that neither the book nor the love interest were misogynistic. It was a breath of fresh air to not have to wade through misogynistic bullshit in a historical romance. However, the meat and potatoes, the writing in this book was weak. I think a couple more rounds of revision could've made this a fantastic read. There were prose issues, dialogue issues, more depth needed to be added to sentence/paragraph structure and the plot had some pacing issues. Overall not a bad book, but I also can't say that it's good, unfortunately.
As I said before, with a little more time in revision, this book could've been really good.

It was really good until about 100 pages from the end, we get a chapter or two or pure exposition and then an incredibly ill paced ending. Such a shame, could've been a fantastic story.

it was so cute i loved it

3.5 ⭐️

Great premise. Good execution.

I liked the meandering tone that others don't seem too, as much. I also thought it was an interesting consideration of the ways that society/social circumstances pit women against each other and together and the interpersonal conflict that we see bloom from these contrived differences and boundaries.
A little preachy perhaps at parts so a star off for that.
Over all, enjoyed it though.

The endings were stupid but the rest was a lovely read, very clever.

The characters are better in this book, towards the end in her monologue it does feel a bit like she doesn't have a partner to help her out at all. I feel like we don't at all explore the ways he makes things better or worse and he doesn't appear to help with housekeeping at all.
Too many sex scenes too.
But the characters and story felt richer than her previous two books in this series. Her description of autism also translated better in this book i believe than the past two, as someone without it, it gave me more clarity and insight into some of the nuances of autism for an individual without feeling like it was supposed to be any broad overgeneralizing description of every autistic person.

Very disturbing. Very good.

Mediocre space book. More interpersonal drama than like external plot that i was expecting and hoping for. Might return to Barnes & Noble idk

God is a black woman follows a black woman's journey to healing in faith practice through decolonization. Her tone was a delight to follow even through tough topics and experiences and she gave me many a quote and point to ponder in my own faith journey.

A really enjoyable mystery read - there were jumps, logical leaps and some backstory i didn't quite buy as well as long expository dialogue but overall very enjoyable tale. I had fun listening to it. Very unique

4.5 stars
They explore how beautifully diverse the queer community is throughout different parts of the book as well as the ethics and pressures of reality tv.

This book was really helpful for dealing with some of my grief from the past ten years or so.

This book was a fantastic introductory survey into cults and cultishness in the modern world, that dispelled common myths, explains wow cults and cultishness can influence us without delving into or encouraging cynicism and harsh judgmentalism of those in cults or cultish scenarios.

What a calming and encouraging poetry book to listen to while going throughout your day.

sooo repetitive, finished it out of spite. started strong and ugh

What a delightful tale with interwoven moving parts that come together wonderfully at the end. I enjoyed how the psychology of different people and places (as an extension of the people) shaped every facet of the story. It made the characters and the ways they worked together all the richer.

Makes a few of fatphobic, classist and lowkey racist remarks in some places and smart, interesting notations on history in others. Made it a rollercoaster of a read. Also failed to recognize the israeli/british invasion of palestine. And completely ignores immigration and refuges in his analysis of peace. Also completely ignores the threat of climate change. These deliberately ignored subjects would give a more naunced take on his conclusions about the modern world.

A survey of what history could mean for africa and what complicates ideas/designs toward the continent, it's history and it's starus.

What the fuck was this book. So bad. What the even fuck.

Worst stupidest book i've ever read in my life.

This books started out as one of the most frustrating books i've ever read. But her growth from ‘pick me' girl boss feminism into a holistic feminism that truly supports and carries the women around her with humility was interesting to see.

The first quarter of the book was also plagued with telling not showing in an effort to quickly establish the character and her circumstances and it drove me nuuuuts. Pretty bad writing choice. If this book were traditionally written in chapters, i would've never made it past the first one or two. I wanted to initially give this book a half star review. She eventually grew into the story she was writing but it took way to long, making this book feel like a draft rather than a completed, published work.

3.5 stars. I think i was hoping for a different story