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This book says it was inspired by the tv show Hannibal and while I can see that in some aspects with the obsession and yearning of the characters, but it just not done as good unfortunately. I wanted so badly to like this book but the main character in particular seriously makes it impossible.

First of all, the main character? Insufferable. She is overbearing and needy (and uses so many big words almost haphazardly thrown in there, trying to make it seem like she has a personality when shes actually just annoying. Someone, anyone, please take the thesaurus away from Delilah.) and normally that doesn’t bother me if it’s done well but she also constantly oversteps on the boundaries of Ash. And the book makes it seem like Ro is in the right, that she’s justified??? That is something I can’t fathom. One moment in particular that made me so angry is when Ro goes to the farmers market to see Ash. And she acts like she’s not busy helping a customer. Like she is WORKING, she can’t give you her attention 100% of the time. And then Ro has the nerve to feel sad and devastated like Ash hates her and wants her to die, when she just literally told her that she’s busy and will be with her after. It almost made me rip my hair out. Ro is constantly doing this and it’s made to be seen as she’s the normal one when it just makes her fucking weird. If you can’t respect your partners boundaries, no matter how weird YOU think they are, then you leave. It’s so simple that I couldn’t even lay it out anymore plainly. That’s why I don’t have any empathy for her when the book ends. Which makes the book not have any impact on me and leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.

If we disregard the ending reveal, (which I could see from a mile coming, so it has predictable on its list as well) Ro would be one with red flags when she constantly crosses her girlfriend’s boundaries. Very simple and clear boundaries.

Somebody else said that this is a queer romance for straight people and I couldn’t agree more. Where’s the queerness?? The main character constantly brings up men in her thoughts and makes comparisons between them and women constantly and makes it so clear that there’s no queer perspective on this. It’s very “there’s differences between men and women and I need to tell you about them.” Which is so annoying when she is putting men at the forefront of all her thoughts, even in a relationship with a woman. Aside from the fact that it’s two women this book really is a nothing burger about the exploration of someone figuring out their sexuality and their queerness late in life. It had potential, I wish anyone else had gotten their hands on this plot. Maybe not a straight cis women next time though (not to say that straight cis women can’t write queer stories, but that Delilah S. Dawson shouldn’t.)

Hate read this, made me so frustrated. But also I couldn’t look away so there’s that.

5 stars. No, 6 stars.

This book had me feeling things that I can’t even describe. It is difficult to read. It’s hard being in Cranes head as he goes through the pregnancy because it speaks to me so much as a trans man. I know I would feel exactly the same way as Crane. The despair, the discomfort and anxiety. That’s what makes this a great horror book.

I absolutely adored Crane as a character. I saw so much of myself in him and he’s a character that I won’t ever forget. He has so many good lines and moments. Easily one of the best characters in written history. They could never make me hate you, Crane.

The moments near the end, I’m so thankful I finished it at home because I was audibly gasping and talking to myself through that gripping end scene. It’s visceral and insane but it was everything I ever wanted.

This book in general had everything I could’ve ever wanted from a book. Deep character exploration, characters you love to hate, creepy worms, trans horror that makes you want to rip your skin off your body, just.. perfect.

also hearing that the hive has a crazy voice on audiobook?? That’s just compelling me to buy the audiobook for myself lol. I put off this book for sometime even though I knew it would be an all time favourite. Why do I do this to myself?? I could’ve experienced this beauty of a book sooner.

Absurd weird little lit fic book and I loved every second of it.

First of all,, can I just talk about this cover? It’s so provocative and well designed, it draws me in immediately.

Next, these characters are unhinged in all the best ways that make it hard to root for but are endearing nonetheless. And these characters are the reason why you keep reading. In a way, Greta is very relatable. That understanding of if you were in a life or death situation, you wouldn’t even save yourself,, hit a little too close to home. She was also super witty and complex.

The tension of the plot and with Big Swiss is literally delectable. It gave me such a rush while reading it. It was hot, funny and weird. And sapphic!!!! Which is always a fun treat.

But at the end of the day this book is about how we process trauma, accountability for our actions. All while discussing control and power dynamics in a relationship. I highly recommend!

And if that doesn’t convince you, the writing is also really good.

Guys, so many things went over my head! I need to do a deep dive on this book because wtf. that would probably make my rating go up.

Super powerful story about a man grieving. That’s all I want to say about the description of the book because I think it’s better to go into this one blind.

Moreno has such a way with words, the writing was beautiful and being inside Thiagos head was hard to read but I absolutely flew through this book. The narrators voice was really sensational. 10/10.

I loved the first half, second half was good, but the ending was a little confusing for me. However, not enough to truly deter my enjoyment.

I won’t even lie in saying that I need to dive more into this book because many things went over my head. Probably due for a reread eventually haha!

This one hurts a lot because I relate it to my personal life so much. In a sense, I was Nick and they were my Charlie. Anyway, the representation of Anorexia in a young adult book is so important and im so thankful for this book for existing. Especially with the resources at the end. Also everyone is still so cute and this just develops their characters even more. I’m actually nervous to finish heartstopper next because I only made it to here on the first read. I just love these characters and I want the best for them haha 😭

Finished this in one day!! it’s such a fast paced read with an extremely endearing main character robot that is just a little too relatable. Prone to anxiety, murderbot is super witty and being stuck in its head is a treat.

This was my first science fiction in a while and it was super accessible in terms of the language and the world but I wish it was flushed out more!! but because it was so short I can see how it opens us up to the next books in the series (of which I will be continuing)

I’m ordering 1000 of them!!

It could be how long i waited to finish this series but this was rough to read. The supernatural aspect just did not hit for me. Normally I’m cool with it and I even enjoy it but this felt like it came at left field. This feels like a completely different story than the rest of series and that made it fall flat. I think the characters are still fun to read about but for a final book in the series I would say that I didn’t care about what happened to them as much and I understand I’m the minority on this.

I just didn’t really care about this whole thing. The writing was good because it was King, the ploy that Brady came up with was fine, but other than that,, I don’t know.