Jack Edwards 1.7M subscribers · Feb 5, 2025

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  • Ranking · 66 books

Reviews66

A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara
Loved it

I think that art and literature are supposed to push boundaries especially if they do so in such an exquisitely written way this book is Silky Smooth in its pros for me it's a modern classic

Book LoversEmily Henry
Not a fan

controversially I will say that Book Lovers is the only one of her books I didn't enjoy I just didn't really believe in the chemistry between the two characters

is about a tennis player who has retired but comes back for one final match to kind of retain her title and it's a really great story about aging the way that the media treats women especially in sport

Check & MateAli Hazelwood
Mixed

I have genuinely never cared about the fate of two people less than I did in this BG it's like the Queen's Gambit just without the cheekbones

this is a fun and snappy Memoir of life love friendship in your 20s and how they can be the great loves of your life specifically it is about female friends but I love Dolly alon's style in her non-fiction yeah this is great

IcebreakerHannah Grace
Mixed

this one was lukewarm it's about an ice skater falling in love with an ice hockey player I will say it's pretty Progressive in its attitude towards sex but having sex in the back of an Uber was crazy baby there is no plane

If We Were VillainsM. L. Rio
Loved it

if we were villains is also dark Academia but instead of in the secret history they're kind of studying Classics in if we were villains they're studying Shakespeare

Iron FlameRebecca Yarros
Not a fan

here they tried to sort of do a cookie cutter fourth wi iel like this was written over the course of like eight sleepless nights and it shows it has exactly the same plot development as the fourth wing

I do think that this book had good intentions but the marketing of it is the biggest issue like why were they releasing a coloring book for a novel about domestic violence that is insane

It Starts with UsColleen Hoover
Not a fan

the most pointless sequel of all time this is a Shameless cash grab I not only want a refund but also financial compensation that is bottom of the barrel nothing happens

this takes about 250 pages to get to the to get to the meaty stuff there's a lot of fat that you have to get through in order to get to the really good bit but I was really rooting for Noemi

One Last StopCasey McQuiston
Loved it

if your answer is yes then you will love this book and also I respect it a love story but it's also an Ode to found family Casey mcquiston you're knocked out the park with this one

Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
Loved it

even the biggest hater of sci-fi books me would love this book this why did this have me crying over a little alien robot thing like I was sobbing into my cial this is so brilliant and fantastic

Pucking WildEmily Rath
Not a fan

is a an ice hockey romance that deserves jail time just for that pun alone this was so filthy that I wanted to like massage my retinas after reading it

Reminders of HimColleen Hoover
Not a fan

no critical thinking just Vibes this could have been an interesting discussion about Rehabilitation after spending time in prison but it just never goes there it just uses the fact that the character has been in prison as a kind of plot device

Romantic ComedyCurtis Sittenfeld
Not a fan

it's based on SNL but normalized writing books about comedy shows that are actually funny it's so awful like one of the skits that the main character proposes for their version of SNL is what dogs would Google suchar it's so painfully unfunny it's actually diabolical Jail time for this book

The Cruel PrinceHolly Black
Not a fan

nothing in this world can convince me that this author wasn't just making the plot of this book up as she went along there was no planning involved everything is just so Random all of the law that she introduces has no real purpose this was a cruel reading experience let me tell you

The Duke and IJulia Quinn
Not a fan

it basically starts off for the first half using the most embellished ornamental language like I know that thesaurus was getting used and abused when Julia Quinn was writing the first half of this book and then the second half is written in the most basic Layman's Pros

The ListUnknown
Not a fan

I just don't know why we would need a book about people lying about sexual violence I feel like this is genuinely harmful I think it's backwards I think it does nothing for the culture

The Love HypothesisAli Hazelwood
Not a fan

every scenario in this book is so farfetched and ridiculous that it should be categorized as fantasy but it's not it's a romance it's kind of Star Wars fanfiction that somehow was published

I like this book it's about this magical moving circus I do wish it had focused slightly less on the romance element and more about the World building and the battle between these two characters but it's worth the read

this is enemies to lovers except they hate each other for literally no reason and then he takes a couple lessons on du lingo and she decides that she loves him ladies the bar needs to be higher

Ugly LoveColleen Hoover
Not a fan

unfortunately this book will never ever recover for becoming famous for the line we both love at our son's big balls yes that is a real line that is printed in this book

VerityColleen Hoover
Loved it

I think this is her best book not that the bar was like especially high but this one does manage to pull Vault over that bar

We Love You, BunnyMona Awad
Loved it

this is the absolute optimal level of insane that I love it's unhinged it's deranged it's about a cult about these pretty girls who dress in beautiful summer dresses and eat sweet treats all the time and then kill men so this is a riot

White NightsFiódor Dostoievski
Loved it

I think this is a perfect noela it's from 1848 but the emotions that it conveys and represents and portrays are just as pertinent and relevant today in 2025 and that is incredible

YellowfaceR. F. Kuang
Mixed

I think that RF kuang is one of our most talented and exciting writers we have creating art today however I have to say I think she'll only reach her full potential once she starts to trust that her readers are smart enough to keep up with her