December Wrap Up & January TBR!

sadly i just felt like the story didn't really go anywhere it was quite repetitive it was quite slow there were glimmers of interesting things happening that i enjoyed and there were a couple characters that i found really intriguing

i would describe this as a fantastical whodunit there's magic and there's mystery we need to figure out who the culprit is but it also has a lot of heart and it has that emotional core and it explores some really important issues

just overall i thought this was a really beautiful story it made me feel things it was really interesting and heartfelt and surprising and joyful and i just thought it was lovely

i read freshwater which unfortunately really didn't work for me it was one of my few one star reads of the year

i still enjoyed the process of reading this book and i thought it was interesting and i thought it was funny but it just didn't give me what it promised

i did find the characters a little bit two-dimensional for my taste they weren't as well developed as i would have liked though this is the first book in a series so it's possible that they will be further developed moving forward i did think there were some interesting characters despite the fact that i wanted a little bit more as far as development and i thought the plot was interesting it wasn't anything particularly innovative but it was enjoyable

that was our first pick for my book club in 2020 and i really enjoyed it i gave it five stars

i think it was enjoyable but i think it could have been more it could have gone deeper and it could have been written in such a way that it could be enjoyed by children without the context of middle game and i think it missed the mark there

it's a really thought-provoking novel and it asks some really interesting questions about racial identity and belonging and strict definitions of race and community

i gave pet five stars i thought this was really well done

i still liked it i think the older timeline had enough of the dark academia mysterious creepy eerie gross horror vibes to make up for everything else

this book was incredible five stars one of the most unique and horrifying horror novels that i read this year

i really enjoy sia's character i thought she was really well developed and had a very clear personality and i liked how the novel explored her ptsd and showed her having a loving and consensual and caring relationship and support network to help her work through that trauma i thought that was really beautifully done and i really appreciated that representation

for me it was interesting but i don't know if the ending made up for the whole beginning of the book and having no redeemable characters so i gave it three stars i think it was interesting but i'm not sure it's for me

this is a slow novel if you don't like slow novels with repetition and a lot of character development and not a huge amount of plot you might not like this but i really enjoyed this i thought the writing was really beautiful i thought the concept was really interesting

i am about three quarters of the way through i believe and i'm really enjoying it

i will say that i loved it just as much as the first i am very happy that i started reading this trilogy this year

i love this so much i give it five stars