Becky

This book felt like a time capsule, with its reliance on discussions and fears around the HPV vaccine. It also felt a little disjointed and its focus a little loose. I felt like the author was trying to say something about the way we police teenage sexuality but lost that plot in her investigation of crime and group fear/ psychosis events. Overall, the book was definitely readable but I don’t think it’s the authors strongest.

Really charming and lovely, funny and sweet story about believing in yourself and finding home. A little formulaic and the very end was a little disappointing, but definitely a book I’ll be buying for little libraries and classrooms and a series I’ll be finishing.

I read this for work as a resource for HR/DEI. I was hoping to find a resource that decentralized US/ UK notions of DEI and learn from that perspective. And while those topics are present in the book, I think it worked best as a memoir and case study of learning and building a policy case. Worth reading, but possibly mis-marketed.

Not my cup of tea. Everything felt repetitive and strongly telegraphed. Nothing happened between pages 51 to 541 that couldn't be guessed in the first fifty pages. I had a hard time liking the main character or finding a unique personality in any of the supporting characters. Just...not for me, but I'm happy for folks who like it and happy I checked it out to see what the hype was about.

This was my first time re-visiting this series since high school and I was really charmed by it all over again! I can't wait to see how the rest of the re-read goes, but it felt nice being back in the "Fruits Basket" world for a little while.