Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (5000)

Content

Carrie (18 KP) rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine in Books

Jan 22, 2019

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman | 2017 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

8.6

(80 Ratings)

Book Rating

Easy read (0 more)

Beautiful, insightful and funny

This was recommended to me by a friend and isn’t something I would usually read, however I am so glad that I did.

Although the back story is dark, the main concept is beautiful, about friendship and love.

It was such an easy read, I struggled to put it down as I just wanted to find out more about he main character, Eleanor.
My interpretation was that it was a fantastic insight into the viewpoint of someone with a behaviour/social issues, a strong message that we shouldn’t judge if someone is different, as we don’t know what they may be dealing with.

Kudos

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Exorcist in Books

Nov 13, 2019

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.7

(19 Ratings)

Book Rating

William Peter Blatty created an iconic novel that focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. A small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals must rescue Regan from her unspeakable fate, and the drama that ensues is gripping and unfailingly terrifying.

Been years since I first read this book! Still scared the life out of me. A few times I've done a Joey and put it in the freezer. I keep expecting to find my 6 year old with a spinning head and vomitting green crap. I love the writing it's a true classic horror story.
Recommended

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kudos

EmersonRose (320 KP) rated Never Let Me Go in Books

Nov 20, 2019

I love reading this book. I found the world that Ishiguro created to be well built where while it had the aspect of fantastical or sci-fi, it really felt real. From beginning to end I really felt connected to the characters, and I loved the way in which the book was written as Kathy thinks back on her childhood. Ishiguro is certainly a master at writing story that has an organic flow of the way in which people think back on memories, pieces connected bast on subject and feeling rather than in a linear form. I would highly recommend giving this book a read.

Kudos

gayga (2127 KP) rated Pip in Books

Jan 29, 2020

Pip

Freya North | 2003

9.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Well written (0 more)

A little sugary (0 more)

Pip pip Hooray!

As chick lit goes you could do worse than this. Basically it’s the trials and tribulations of a modern love story involving a clown called Pip and an accountant named Zac. Totally predictable but also somehow comforting like a cwtch under a warm blanket on a cold day.

In some parts you want to shake the pair of them. I cried at some parts (I know!!! Anyone who reads my reviews knows that this isn’t unknown!!!) but I did enjoy the book very much. If you wants a well written, heartwarming piece of fluff, this is the one.