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My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite | 2018 | Crime, Thriller
6
7.8 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a very different novel to what I usually read.
A book about a sister who covers up her own sisters murders, before realising that her sister has hit the number of murders to make her a serial killer. And still she doesn’t report her to the police or try to do much to stop her. At one point, someone tells her she’s worse than her sister and I think that is very true. Her sister might be the murderess but she is standing by and letting it happen time and time again.
The style of the writing was very different to most books, with the short chapters and each chapter name being taken from something that happened in the chapter. It was also quite a short book, so something that can be read in an evening.
I didn’t find myself particularly sad that it was coming to an end, and that we didn’t find out if either sister ever had a happy ending or not. The book was ok, but not really one that I found myself looking forward to a bit of free time to continue reading or picking up for half an hour before bed.
  
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Caraval
Caraval
Stephanie Garber | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)
4
8.1 (97 Ratings)
Book Rating
To be fair, I honestly couldn't tell you half of what happened in this book. I do know that the world building is absolutely phenomenal, but the main character is extremely annoying and unlikable. Every time she did something I just had to roll my eyes and trudge through the rest of the chapter. Actually, most of the characters are unlikable and so wishy washy I couldn't tell where they stood half the time. Supposedly that's part of the plot but that doesn't really sit well with me as an excuse.


This book took me longer than usual to finish and I have to say that I have not one desire to read the next book.


I'd like to give this book one star but I can't because despite the crap characters the world makes up for it.
  
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.2 (44 Ratings)
Book Rating
This was another good read from E.L. James. I thought that it was well done. The book seemed to flow better than the last book and I found myself enjoying it more.

I think my favorite part of the books were the emails. They seemed to bring the characters to life. I think that this is a guilty pleasures book. I definitely did not read it for the writing styles.

Like I said previously with the first in the series, the characters are likable. I like the fact that the characters do have flaws. It makes it easy for the reader to relate to them.

I would have liked less sex. The reason I say that is that in each chapter there were at least two sex scenes. Sometimes less is more.

All in all, this book was enjoyable.
  
The Versions of Us
The Versions of Us
Laura Barnett | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I adored this book, I have always loved the concept of "what if's" I love thinking about the several different ways one persons life could take, if they had just made a slightly different choice. So this book was my kind of thing straight from the get go. It explores some of the outcomes of Eva and Jim, none are the same apart from one thing, I won't spoil it for you but I am sure you can guess. This book is beautifully written, so on point and it brings each chapter to you with such passion. If I hadn't of been so completely fixated on this story I feel that it would have been hard to follow but I didn't have a problem with this as I was a little bit obsessed and still am. Absolutely beautiful book.
  
Boys Next Door
Boys Next Door
Sommer Marsden | 2017 | Erotica
6
3.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Hot steamy action from the first page but soon wears a bit thin as there's more sex than storyline to the book and I'm finding I'm scanning through the sex scenes the further I get in to the book just in the hope of finding some thing more interesting. This would have been a good book if a little more thought had gone into the writing, it needs more depth. I disliked the crudeness of some of the descriptions and it could have been more sensual but THEN, just when I think this is going to be a standard read the last couple of chapters are captivating. They have feeling and emotion, everything the rest of the book didn't have and I'm now feeling robbed that the rest of the book wasn't the same.

In the end the last few chapter more than make up for the rest, this is an adult read and I did enjoy it in the end.

3.5 Stars