pickTotally insane, with a perfectly unsatisfying ending
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pickTotally insane, with a perfectly unsatisfying ending
bailedSUCH an annoying bunch of people who keep ignoring their telephones and keep making stupid, hysterical decisions. All because of the kidnapping of their father decades earlier? I don‘t even want to know. I feel as irritated as I did when reading Fleishman. Although I managed to finish that one.
Note to self: ignore future works by this author!!
#ToB25Longlist
pickSometimes, when you‘ve got a lot of stuff going on IRL, you just want to read a hilarious romp about “rich people problems” and this book was absolutely perfect for that! All of the characters were likable, no matter how completely out of touch they were, and it helped distract me from some intense events.
#weeklyforecast 02/25
After the fabulous Intermezzo I like to stay in Ireland a bit longer and am starting the third John Boyne in his Elements series. It‘s supposed to be very dark but I‘m sure I‘ll love it. It‘s short so I‘ll soon start the tagged book too, which is another from the #ToB25Longlist.
I kind of hated Fleishman so my hopes are not too high!
Going through my '24 reading, I do not read many “fun“ books - my story graph mood chart is heavy on the dark and dreary. but here are 6 reads from this year that I thought were a ton of fun (even if some of them tackle a bit heavier topics)
panTfw you finish a book that you wish you hadn‘t… The first third was pretty good but then it just got annoying. I kept thinking the author might be able to bring the magic back but it never got there for me and the ending was kind of like a slow fart. I wouldn‘t recommend it.
so-soI‘m not sure. Well written. But the two main characters made me uncomfortable in different ways. On one hand, Brooke is so right - no one deserves such wealth. But her discontent with life warrants therapy, not destroying her main relationships. It seemed a bit immature? And Archer‘s bluster and fake concern was gross, as were his swanning sycophants. I think this is probably accurate, I just didn‘t want to be in it
pickAnother #ToBlonglist book ticked off, although I‘ve been meaning to read this for some time.
If you like dysfunctional family stories where all of the characters are pretty awful, then this one‘s for you! Like many ‘family sagas‘, it worked well for me on audio as I think it may have been a touch too long / wordy in print and I would have been tempted to start skim-reading.
Whilst I liked Fleishman as well, this was better.
