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A phenomenal play showing the ins and outs of human reasoning. Showing how sometimes what we are shown isn't necessarily the truth whilst still leaving the question of, “is the jury right or not?”. This is a work of art.

In important story for both those struggling with mental illness, especially OCD and those who know people struggling with mental illness. As always John Green develops very deep characters and while this may not be my favourite novel by him, it's potentially his most important. Thanks for this novel John.

It was a pretty enjoyable book, but I had a few issues with it. Once Alaska died, Pudge got pretty annoying. And I get he was in love with her and that he wanted/needed answers but he became completely narrow sited into believing he was the only one who cared, and I don't think anyone when they loose someone thinks like that. I do love how the book ended with the final essay for religion, that was very clever.

A solid 3.5, I really enjoyed the character development but the main character got a little annoying at times. The plot was fairly predictable from around halfway in so if unpredictable plot twists are important to you, avoid this one. The audiobook was really well narrated. I typically don't enjoy books written by australian authors who's stories are based in australia and specifically melbourne, since I live here. This book was good though as it realistically could have taken place in any city around the world. Would recommend reading but don't expect the most amazing book in the world.

Yep, I cried, I love Augustus and Hazel, I hate and love van houten, I adore his assistant, I love hazels family, and no, I didn't want this story to end. But as Augustus and Hazel would both say “life is not a wish granting factory”

A very strong, very powerful story, felt a little repetitive at times but still a great first novel, it's a shame she never fully got to finish the book though

An absolutely incredible book. This could not only be the first entry to the Scythe trilogy, but a perfect standalone. Neal Shusterman is a marvel. He knows exactly what to tell the reader and what to hide. He knows exactly when to give you detail and when to gloss over things. The first half of this novel perfectly established the steaks that this story has, and the last half was beyond thrilling. I could not put it down and stayed up until almost 2 in the morning to finish it, it was too good to stop. I cannot wait to get my hands on the next two books, if they are half as good as this, it will be my favourite series ever, this book on its own may be my favourite book ever.

The absolute perfect conclusion to this epic tale. I can not recommend this series enough to all people, big and small. The last few pages brought a tear to my eye. An absolutely beautiful tale of loyalty, family connectedness and the power or knowledge.

Not a whole lot happened in this book but what did happen was very important to the story. Can't wait to read the final instalment of the Spiderwick Chronicles!

An absolute perfect book of KAWS artwork.

Yet another great entry to the Spiderwick Chronicles

Eh, pretty overrated to be honest, I get how it might be an okay story for kids but I honestly don't think this tale has aged well.

A pretty good short read that expands on the Spiderwick world. Not as good as the first book no, but still very good in its own right. Definitely a great beginning to the series.

An absolutely amazing book. Definitely a must read for all, young and old. A tale of friendship, kindness and loyalty. Can't recommend this book enough.

It was pretty good, lots of really genuinely funny humour. I listened to this as an audiobook and found myself getting a little lost sometimes due to all the footnotes etc but that's a problem with audiobooks and not the novel itself. Overall a really solid and enjoyable read/listen, would recommend

Upon a second reading of this book, a year after I read it for the first time, my opinion on it has changed. I still think this is an important book to read for believers and non-believers alike but it is by no means a masterpiece or perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Harris argues very shallowly in this book, but that is to be expected in a book so short as less than 100 pages, it is more of a long essay with surface level scattered thoughts about broad topics. But that is why it is a good read for people new to books discussing faith, it is incredibly approachable. I highly doubt this book has swayed anyone away from religion, but I do not think Harris wanted it to. I think he wrote this to help people begin questioning their beliefs and how they not only impact themselves but the world as a whole. Definitely worth a read if you have an afternoon to spare.

A wonderful first entry to the Spiderwick world. Can't wait to read the next 4 short stories!

Started off very slow and overly detailed, the story then picked up its pace after a few chapters and was mildly interesting with a pretty average character. Grenville heaps copious amounts of details on the reader that it removes the purpose of each sentence. Often I found myself re-reading sentences because they were so detailed it was hard to figure out what was meant. The redeeming factor of the novel is that the main character grows a backbone and actually becomes likable and the ending is a nice conclusion to the story. I don't think I will read a Kate Grenville book in future unless forced to.

This book started off terribly, the first two or three chapters were slow with silly amounts of detail given. Then it picked up and got really interesting and really good, but it all was ruined in the last two chapters and the epilogue. The plot turned silly and only got more rediculous as you turn each page. This story has such potential to be a good one if it stopped at the death of Elinor, rather than continuing on.

Such an amazing introduction to the wizarding world!

One of my favourites in the series although upon this re read, the time turner is somewhat problematic and poorly explained. Either way, I still love this story.