Reviewing the 12 Books I Read in January 👀📚 Reading Wrap Up

I'm a big fan of river Solomon I really enjoy their writing they have written some of my favorite books like sorrowland and an unkindness of ghosts

I was starting to worry that Book Lovers was just a fluke and I just happened to like that one but that the rest of her books wouldn't be for me

I just felt as beautiful as the writing is here and it is absolutely gorgeous the characters are so empty and flat they have very little personality they are very unlikable and all make terrible and very dumb decisions repeatedly

I really enjoyed their relationship development I really liked both characters a lot and I thought that the slow build of their relationship was really genuine and sweet and heartwarming and I just had a really good time reading this

I did find that it started to feel a bit repetitive as the book went on it felt at times as though lamia was trying to shoehorn stories in to fit with a story from the Quran that didn't necessarily have all that in common

I hated both main characters their dialogue was atrociously uncomfortable and the sex scenes were so unsexy it's ridiculous

this was a really tough read I thought it was really fantastic I was really moved by it emotionally I felt very distraught reading a lot of it's quite upsetting

I'm a big fan of river Solomon I really enjoy their writing they have written some of my favorite books like sorrowland and an unkindness of ghosts

the main character who is the old man who reads love stories was quite endearing to me and a very interesting character and I thought despite this being quite short it did a really good job of exploring the themes and it was very immersive and the setting was very Vivid and I really liked it

I just really didn't like this book at all really hated it really hated the main character thought the setup was kind of stupid didn't like any of the other characters and the writing style was just not for me at all

I think the best part of the book was the part that took place in Vietnam for me personally it felt like it was the best written it had the best pacing and it felt the most sincere

all her time in theater that was my favorite part of this book I did also find her transition to film and TV interesting and it was nice to hear her reminiscing about Gilmore Girls

I just found the writing pretty poor for my own personal taste

there is just something very raw and vulnerable and incisive about this the writing style is really unique and sort of experimental in a way that makes the alien protagonist feel more alien which is really fun

for me reading it just felt like there were so many you know life lessons about things like if you work yourself to the ground and get burned out you won't be happy you should really find work life balance