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OMG I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!!

- I read this as part of my journey to the Dark Tower and, I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much. Even though I'm enjoying the Dark Tower series more as I read on, it still hasn't captivate me much. This book, though, gripped me from page one.

- Loved literally ALL the characters, from the supporting characters like Ben and Dennis (and their families!) to the main heroes and villains. Peter was my favourite (he could do no wrong but my favourite moment was the Peony episode) and of course, Frisky. Having a chapter from her POV was a wonderful and heart-warming touch. I also love hating Flagg.

- SCREAMING AT "it was a monster chasing them, some horrible It" are you saying what I think you're saying????

- I listened to some parts of it (sometimes I had to read while listening because there was so much going on) and I thought Bronson Pinchot SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. He was able to have different characters sound completely distinct and his Flagg was terrifying.

- King wrote this for his then young daughter because she didn't like horror stories and wanted to read about dragons, which makes me love this book even more.

3.75, actually.

- I liked this one MUCH MORE than the previous one but I still had issues with it. The whole Oddeta/Detta section was really too much and, unfortunately, it took up quite a chunk of this book. Thus, my rating.

- Roland was a bit better, I think? The jury is still out on him tbh.

- The references to The Shinning film...King, you cheecky bastard.

- I have a lot of questions still (I'm not sure what Mort dying means to the timeline...I shall investigate because I'm too dumb for timetravel and paradox stories) and I'm very interested in finding out what's next in the journey to the Tower.

I found some parts to be quite dull, probably because Poirot wasn't around much. I liked the resolution, though.

- Definitely not for me. I didn't enjoy the writing style, some foreshadowing is cool but all this back and forth wasn't it.

- I didn't really care for the characters either. I didn't love them and I didn't hate them, they were there.

- The premise was cool but it fell apart for me quite quickly. The story dragged so much and all the changes/references to future events made it all quite confusing.

- Much better than my previous Moriarty read but, once again, I wouldn't consider it a thriller or a mystery book.

- I was very invested in most of the characters except for Cherry. I get why we read so much from her but I found that some of the details weren't really necessary.

- The epilogue was meh imo

The story was ok, I enjoyed some of the twists, but the constant cheating and messy relationships got old at some point.

Todos los cuentos logran crear esa sensación de asfixia y desesperación pero los finales no me terminaron de encantar.

I was quite interesting in the story for most of it, even though it started to drag at some point.

But the ending was terrible.

La verdad es que no entiendo el fanatismo por esta autora. Ninguna de las historias me pareció escalofriante como promete la sinopsis, ni tampoco interesante.

Las explicaciones por demás de costumbres o referencias argentinas me parecieron bastante tediosas y, por momentos, ridículas. Entiendo que se quiera hacer las historias accesibles a otros lectores por el éxito que tuvieron sus libros con las audiencias internacionales pero entonces ¿para qué centrarse tanto en lo argento?

Meeeh.

The pacing issues I had with the previous book are still present here but in a lesser degree. I’m starting to suspect there’s a page count Bardugo needed to hit so we got all this unnecessary information and back-and-forth. Was it really necessary to go to hell THREE TIMES? I get not succeeding right away to have the story progress and to add to the idea that this was an impossible task. But wouldn’t it be better to have the gang be close enough but not being to enter, instead of having some inexperienced 20-somethings and a cop come in and out willy-nilly?

Once again, there are unnecessary graphic scenes (more Hellie abuse, really? the rabbit, really?). Fortunately, it was not as much as the previous novel so I’m thankful for that.

Mercy having a more prominent role this time was fine but once again, there are no visible consequences of the events of the previous book or the ones that happened in this one, for that matter. I honestly can’t fathom her having such a carefree disposition about finding out Yale’s magical secrets, especially since she has been directly affected by them.

Also, her being an expert on the artifacts and magic overnight to the point she is on par with Dawes and Darlington? Really?

Also, WHY, AFTER A YEAR OF TORTURE, TRAUMA AND FINDING OUT HE KINDA KILLED HIS PARENTS THE FIRST THING DARLINGTON THINKS ABOUT IS HOW HORNY HE IS FOR ALEX? SERIOUSLY?????

I liked the inclusion of the new supernatural creatures, though.

This was an engaging book for the most part and the format was very interesting.

That being said, the characters justifyng, defending and forgiving the pedophile made me really uncomfortable and ruined this whole book for me.

Uff this book.

The pacing of this book is all over the place. Most of the time the action was interrupted by some flashback narration that imo didn't add much to the plot or a history lesson or a description of the architechture and the design of Yale. I'm all for description and making the surroundings pop out but, in this case, I felt it just hinder the narration a lot, making this book really boring and quite hard to get through. I couldn't care less about the magic or the main mystery since everything was so muddled up with extra information, random flashbacks and changes in the timeline.

If only that was the only problem with it...My biggest issue has to be the drug abuse and the sexual assualts along with their graphic depictions, which seemed to be added for shock value and because this is AN ADULT NOVEL!1!

I didn't find any of them necessary or that really impacted the plot or the characters in a deeper level. Alex has been an addict probably since she was 12, yet we don't see her struggling at all with her addition once she's at Yale.

Additionally, there was no need to have Alex being raped as a child by a ghost to portray how traumatic her life must be like having all those ghosts around.

Then, framing Darlington being drugged against his will and him forcing himself on Alex as a lighthearted moment and then having Alex use it as levarage didn't sit well with me. Specially since it is used as one of the founding moments of their possible romanance. Finally, Mercy's gang rape was just a way to find a clue to solve the mystery and the consequence it must have on her get brushed off quite quickly.

Really disappointed, tbh, so much so that it's making me doubt my enjoyment of her other books.

Quite disappointed tbh.

For a story that centers around Peter and Gwen's love story, we don't learn much about Gwen or why Peter fell in love with her, other than her being attractive.

Also, MJ rubbed me the wrong way here and that ending was...not great imo.

I wish I had more context for some of the details that are being discussed here (like Pym and Midnight Mission) but I'm enjoying this story quite a bit so far.

I still really like Marc and the gang is growing on me.

Not an actual review just a few comments:

- I like Inej quite a bit but there are still aspects of her character that made me so mad. Her still doubting Kaz in this book was just innecessary and stupid. Like, do you really still believe Kaz is capable of burying a child alive? Please

- I still love love love Jesper and Wylan. Both separetly and as a couple.

- Kaz continues to be perfect

- Every time I got to a Matthias chapter, I'd groan. I feel like Bardugo had to have someone not surviving the job to justify the stakes she'd created but I thought his death was so dumb and I couldn't even feel sorry for him.

- Really liked all the twists. I saw some coming but still I liked what they added to the story.

- NIKOLAI

- “Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.” YESS I LOVE CROWS SO MUCHESS I LOVE CROWS SO MUCH

Uff why so depressing? Meh, I honestly didn't like much about this book. I was expecting a feel-good romcom and I didn't get that. For most of the book, everyone was having a hard time both in the present and in the flashbacks and just pretending to be ok.

I didn't like the couple or the friend group, none of them communicate AT ALL, which made no sense since they're supposed to be the closest group of people. It also seemed really stupid that a group of people with such a strong bond and love for each other would fall apart because a house is being sold. If your relationship is what makes that house your happy place, then you can feel that same joy, safety, warmth anywhere else as long as you're all together. Mourning the loss of a house in such an extreme way seems exaggerated and quite childish imo.

The reason why the guy decided to break up was SO STUPID, specially after being in a relationship for eight years and being so close to actually marry? I get there had to be an excuse to break them up to have them make up again but huh???

The ending, omg, the ending. I do understand her being disillusioned with her job and what it entails. I can even understand her just wanting to leave everything for him, as a grand gesture typical of love stories. But her parents just accepting it? After how shitty they've been about expectations and sacrifice and all that? The same parents that have been and actively are abusive to their other daughter about her life and career choices? Also, leaving everything for pottery??? Something she has been doing for like two seconds on a whim?

3.5 stars, actually.

I quite enjoyed this selection of stories but I didn't feel they could be really considered horror.

That being said, I could identify with the women portrayed in the stories; her struggles and fears felt real and relatable. Obviously, they were taken to extremes, where some of the creepy and unsettling factor peeked through.

I enjoyed the writing style and the narrative voices so I will probably give this author another try.

The premise and the investigation part of this novella were interesting but I couldn't care less for any of the protagonists.

I felt that having so many povs and jumping between them didn't really work for a book this size. At least for me.

The ending was cool, though.

Ufff quite a disappointment

I wasn't sure about this. On the one hand, I'm a sucker for the Elizabethan era but, on the other, I couldn't get into Gaiman's Sandman. However, I was pleasently surprised with this comic. I really enjoyed seeing superheroes and historical figures alike, as well as seing how the superheroes stories intertwined with the real historic events of the time. There were also quite a few twists that I didn't see coming but that could also be my lack of Marvel knowledge.

The art for all the issue covers is amazing and it was also fun seeing the Elizabethan twist on the different characters' usual suits.

I'm now intrigued about Doctor Strange and Clea as well as the other issues within this universe.

I'm conflicted about this one. I liked the basic idea but I felt this wasn't really a Moon Knight story. There was no Khonshu or any of the alters or any of the powers/gadgets I'm used to seeing Moon Knight use.
Instead, all of that was replaced by three other Marvel characters and, as a result, I felt like this was just trying to copy them.

I did enjoy seeing Marc and some of the art was cool but, overall, I feel meh about it.

There is quite a bit of information about Van Gogh's life that I found very interesting, along with transcriptions of Vincent's and Theo's letters. The size of this book made the gorgeous and detailed reproductions of Van Gogh's painting featured in this volume a treat to go through.

However, some of the paintings were presented in a random order, therefore, they did not serve to illustrate the events being narrated, which is a shame. Additionally, the book ends quite abruptly, without going into detail about Vincent's last days.

King had no right to make me cry like that. Definitely not what I was expecting but I throughly enjoy it.

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