Katie

The troubled teen industry is definitely a horrible place, but this book just seemed too scattered. Was it about the author? About the three girls? About the troubled teen industry? And the constant, constant sentence fragments wore me down.

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this book. Two guys are sort of bad friends to each other for many years, and finally come to some kind of understanding of how to be better friends. Maybe.

This was a strange and beautifully written book. I usually read fast, but I had to slow down to get the meanings and jokes in every sentence–and even then I'm sure a lot of it went over my head.

Leerlo en español era mejor que en inglés!

I picked this up for free and thought, why not. I already know the story, maybe the book is good. Well, I was disgusted with Aron and all of the risks he takes throughout the book-not just on the famous trip where he lost his arm but on all the trips he describes before that. I'm frankly shocked that he's still alive because he just seemed to make stupidly risky decisions one after the other. Putting that aside, however, the book was a thrilling read and I definitely devoured it, even knowing how it ended.

This was a very fun read. I don't usually like magical realism, but this was more magic to me than magical realism, or at least the mr wasn't done in an annoying way. At times it was hard to keep track of all the characters and all the time skips. But none of that really detracted from its overall enjoyability and fun tone.

I just love Laura Lippman. Some of the characters/motivations in this book were a bit unreal to me, so that's why it's a 4 star instead of 5. But the writing was great and satisfying as always.

His writing is so good–it forces you to slow down and appreciate his sentences, to infer their meanings. The plot rambled a bit on this, but it was fun to experience with the characters.

This was probably a 3.75 for me. I liked all of the characters, and it was fun getting to know them a little. I kept thinking some disaster was going to strike, but it actually never did, which was a little disorienting. And again, why do so many books have people constantly drinking so much??

This was hard to read at times, but I'm glad she told her story. Also, I'll be turning my Nike t-shirt into cleaning rags.

This was good, but a little disjointed-feeling. I did love the characters and watching them grow.

This was probably a 3.5 for me. Good but didn't tug at my heart fully the way I think it did for some other people.

This was such a fun read, and I loved the non black-and-white of the main character's realizations and transformations.

I loved this book just as much as the last one these two authors wrote. Yes, it glosses over a lot of things, but it was still a compelling read.

I didn't hate this or anything, it just didn't move me. I'm not sure why. It reminded me a bit of Elinor Lipman, but was less funny, the characters less lovable.

This was harsh but true.

Okay, this was fluffy, but also seriously funny, sarcastic, not completely predictable. There were some good truths in it, too.

What even was this book? The author's writing was so tortured, with strange metaphors meant to explain things that just made them more confusing. It's like it was translated from alien. Also, he still believes the discredited marshmallow test?? I started heavily skimming at one point and don't think I missed anything. I'm sure there are some good ideas in there, but they were buried under his convoluted prose. Oh, and his whole theory seems to be based on his own personal experience. All the examples led back to him. No thanks.

This was a fun read and a good distraction from some heavy books I've been slogging through. The kill the patriarchy message (which I completely agree with) felt a little heavy-handed at times, but it's always fun to read about a woman coming into her power.

This was an extraordinary book. So funny and angry and sad and wise. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I wish I could read it for the first time again.

I really enjoy Isabel Allende's fiction. It's direct, almost like storytelling rather than being inside the mind of a character (though you get some of that, too). And it's usually very satisfying in the end. This was no exception.

Not only was this a great book about running, it was a great book about dealing with food addiction.

This was cute, without having a huge amount of substance to it.

Well, Nana Kwame does it again. This was truly brilliant and heartbreaking. I had a few quibbles–one, that the worst thing in the book (the influencer) wasn't taken from real life, and thus made it easier to dismiss the horror of all the other terrible things in the book that are taken from real life. I also resented how he made the reader a member of the audience for the fights, and made us anticipate the final fight just the way the audience of the show in the book did. But that was brilliance, too–I just felt uncomfortable being in that position. Which was exactly his point.

This was a fun listen on a long drive. I loved Kate/Katie/Katherine, and Eve too.