Book Review: If you're a TVD fan, you should read this.

 Stefan Salvatore in the form of a book boyfriend.

The storyline of the whole getting to know each other, and the chemistry was good. The characters felt quite cute whenever they were with each other. The conversation and everything were definitely cute. The book delivered a cute-sy romantic comedy on a hot platter. However, the end and the main plot of the story felt like it left something to be delivered.

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Book Review: I'm sorry but I will always be team Camila | Daisy Jones & The Six Review

My honest (and slightly angry) review of Daisy Jones & The Six — the hype, the drama and the heartbreak.

I had heard a lot about the Amazon Prime series of this book. I had watched numerous edits on Instagram and heard many praises for the book and the series, especially, which is why I picked the book, despite hating any story that has to do anything with cheating.

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Book Review: A book that makes you feel everything extremely

I explore everything about the book 'me before you'.

I have delayed writing this review because I don’t want to say goodbye to this story, or because I’m unsure I can review this book well. Still, I want to do the story justice, so here it goes…

After almost finishing the book, I watched the ‘Me Before You’ movie for the second time in my life. I had watched the movie for the first time quite a few years back and fell in love with it, and had decided that I would read the book one day. However, after having the experience of reading the book, the movie, while still good, did fall short for me. Just because there were so many scenes - important scenes - that were not in the movie, especially Lou’s mother’s scene, which I personally felt was valuable in the book. It was completely cut in the movie along with Lou’s backstory. And Will’s parents were also together in the movie.

The movie left out many vital parts from the book, which weakened the story. If you enjoyed the movie but haven’t read the book, you missed a much deeper experience. The book was far superior. Emilia Clarke and Sam Caffin’s acting and chemistry were the movie’s main strengths.

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Book Review: This Book Made Me a Fan of Emily Henry — End of Story

 This Book Made Me a Fan of Emily Henry — End of Story

Screaming, crying, laughing, healing: my full review of Happy Place.

OH. MY. GOD. I loved this — Emily Henry, what did you put in this book?? I have read only one other Emily Henry book which is — Funny Story, and I liked that book but — I loved this book!

Everything, and I mean everything, was perfect about this book — the characters, the relationships, the friendships, the character development, the dialogues, the writing. Oh my god — the writing!

This book definitely made me a fan of Emily Henry. I fell in love with her writing in this book along with the characters.

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Book Review: Babel by R.F.Kuang left me shaken (in the best way possible)

 Babel by R.F.Kuang left me shaken (in the best way possible)

A brutal, brilliant story of language, empire, and the friendships caught in between.

I just want to start this review by saying: this book made me feel everything. Sadness, anger, joy, frustration- you name it. Babel is heavy in every sense of the word- both in size and in the emotions it stirs up.

I’ll admit: I was intimidated before picking this up. Not just because of the book’s sheer thickness, but also because I’d heard R.F. Kuang’s writing can be very literary and demanding. I worried it might feel too academic or even boring. But wow- I couldn’t have been more wrong. This turned out to be one of the most compelling books I’ve ever read.

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Critical Analysis: A Critical Study of Obsessive Passion in Wuthering Heights

A Critical Study of Obsessive Passion in Wuthering Heights

Brontë's Gothic Love Story That Was Never Really About Love

The main argument of this essay is that Catherine and Heathcliff’s love is not a conventional romantic ideal but an obsessive, self-destructive force. Through analyzing their relationship, the essay will highlight not only the darker aspects of love but also the rigid societal norms of the Victorian era that contributed to their suffering. Their destructive love story exposes deeper tensions related to class, gender, and emotional repression, ultimately impacting not only their own lives but also those of their families and future generations.

This essay will first explore the nature of Catherine and Heathcliff’s love before examining how it transforms into obsession and possession. It will then analyze the consequences of their obsessive love and the ways in which Brontë uses symbolism to depict love and destruction throughout the novel.

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Book Review: Did I Outgrow the Powerless Trilogy? A "Fearless" Review

 Did I Outgrow the Powerless Trilogy? A "Fearless" Review

When a series you love falls flat, is it the book... or is it you?

I went into this series completely in love with Lauren Roberts. The first book, Powerless, hooked me with Lauren Roberts' writing style and each of the characters. Kai and Paedyn's story felt so fresh and exciting.

But now that we've reached the end of the trilogy with Fearless, I have to admit that my feelings have changed. While I still have a soft spot for Lauren, her writing style just doesn't connect with me the way it used to. 

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Critical Analysis: Prince Myshkin & Nastasya Filippovna Character Analysis: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Prince Myshkin & Nastasya Filippovna Character Analysis: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

How Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" Expose Society's Cruelty and Double Standards

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a thought-provoking novel that explores the judgments society casts upon individuals - whether by feeling threatened by the kindness of an innocent man or condemning a woman as "mad" instead of offering her compassion for a life shaped by suffering. At the center of the novel is Prince Myshkin, a man whose innocence and kindness unsettle those around him, leading them to mock him as an "idiot" behind his back. His character stands in stark contrast to the greed and selfishness of the world around him. Paralleling his fate is Nastasya Filippovna, a woman consumed by anger and revenge against the very society that wronged her. A Christ-like man who is too kind and selfless for the otherwise world and a woman who is wronged by society and when she rebels she is named a “mad woman”- both of those characters are too much relevant even in today’s world. Through Myshkin and Nastasya, Dostoevsky exposes how society isolates those who refuse to "fit in."

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Book Review: A Novel Love Story

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

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"Because even after the people were gone, there were still stories. There were always stories. Other people took the heart of her books, and kept them close, and nurtured them and grew into something new, because nothing could ever stay in stasis. Nothing ever stopped. Nothing was permanent. Art lived and breathed, like love, like friendship. Life-like works of art-was transformative. It persisted. And through them, so did we."

Book Review: Fourth Wing

 

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Quote:  "If they need a fucking pep talk, then we both know they're not flying out of the quadrant on graduation day. Let's get real. I can hold their hands and make them a bunch of bullshit empty promises about everyone making it through if that helps them sleep, but in my experience, the truth is far more valuable. In war, people die. It's not glorious like the bards sing about, either. It's snapped necks and two-hundred-foot falls: There's nothing romantic about scorched earth or the scent of sulfur. This isn't some fable where everyone makes it out alive. It's hard, cold, uncaring reality. Not everyone here is going to make it home... to whatever's left of our homes. And make no mistake, we are at war every time we step foot in the quadrant. So if you won't get your shit together and fight to live, then no. You're not going to make it."

Book Review: Conversations with Friends

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

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"The affair might be over, I thought, but something being over is not the same as something never having happened."

Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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"Could he, by some miracle, keep this going? Could they hide here until the war ends? Until the armies finish marching back and forth above their heads, until all they have to do is push open the door and shift some stones aside and the house has become a ruin beside the sea? Until he can hold her fingers in his palms and lead her out into the sunshine? He would walk anywhere to make it happen, bear anything; in a year or three years or ten, France and Germany would not mean what they meant now; they could leave the house and walk to a tourists' restaurant and order a simple meal together and eat it in silence, the comfortable kind of silence lovers are supposed to share."

Book Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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"Grayson thinks you're some master manipulator. My aunt is convinced you must have Hawthorne blood. But I think you're the old man's final riddle—one last puzzle to be solved."

Book Review: Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #2)

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

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 "But I must remind myself that sometimes we write for ourselves and sometimes we write for others. And sometimes those lines blur when we least expect them to. Whenever such happened in my past... I remember that I have only been strengthened by it."

Book Review: Good Girl, Bad Blood & As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (#2 & #3 of A Good Girl's Guide To Murder Series)

Good Girl, Bad Blood & As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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"And if he did wait, if he did wait for her and the verdict went their way, Pip would work every day to be the kind of person who deserved Ravi Singh.

'You old softie,' he said in her ear, and Pip smiled, a breath of laughter."

Book Review: Reckless by Lauren Roberts

 

Reckless by Lauren Roberts

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"Tell me you hate me, and I'll still count every heartbeat, every freckle, every shiver of your body, only if you say it with a smile. I may be a monster, but if you cut me, I'll bleed. And if you break my heart, Pae, you'll break me. So, if even a silver of your soul longs for mine, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve it."  

Book Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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 "I loved him because he was my friend, but also because he was a good man, maybe even a great man. And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father's remorse. Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.  

I know that in the end, God will forgive. He will forgive your father, me, and you too. I hope you can do the same. Forgive your father if you can. Forgive me if you wish. But, most important, forgive yourself." 

Book Review: Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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"He told me once that sometimes, with some people, it's not about winning or losing. That with some people, it's just about playing. Though for the longest time, I didn't really believe him."

 

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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 "That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop - it was falling over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for. 

Love was an invitation into the wild unknown, one step at a time together." 

Book Review: My Dark Romeo by Parker S. Huntington & LJ Shen

My Dark Romeo by Parker S. Huntington & LJ Shen

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"They say fate is nothing but the consequences of our decisions. Well, I planned on being the worst thing fate ever had in store for him."