so-soI had this at 4+ stars until the last chapter. I… can‘t.
It‘s a nicely twisty mystery, populated by semi-unlikable characters with questionable integrity and dubious motivations. I figured out bits and pieces, but not how they all fit together—and of course it‘s all cleverly unraveled by Poirot. Then there‘s the last chapter. 😬 Nope.
I have two books to go from my #10beforetheend list - this one and I Who Have Never Known Men - and besides from the book on UPF they‘ve all been great! 🤍
#10beforetheend Ever since I created the list, I've basically ignored it, so this is definitely NOT happening 🤣🤣🤣 @ChaoticMissAdventures
#10beforetheend - completed! 😊
This list was also all the National Book Awards longlisted books that I still had left to read. Thanks (I think! 😝) to Holly for getting me involved in reading this list. There were 30 books across 3 categories (Fiction, NF and Translated) and I read 24 in total.
Favourites were Raja The Gullible and The Wilderness (Fiction), For The Sun After Long Nights (NF) and Calculation of Volume III (translated).
so-so#UnpopularOpinion because most people seem to rave about this book, but on balance I found it just OK. There are some beautiful moments - the relationship between Dodo and “Monkey Pants” moved me to tears. But there are too many diversions from the main story; in some cases we get the full life story of minor characters. There‘s a great story here, but I felt like it struggled to get out
Book 10 #10BeforeTheEnd 🎉
Book 104 #Read2025
so-soCher has had an incredible career, spanning 7 decades. You‘d think her biography would be a great read.
Sadly, Cher needs to either sack her editor, or her ghost writer, or her own verbosity. This memoir focuses far too much on unnecessary detail. There also seems to be little responsibility taken for her own actions; I don‘t really like the Cher of this book.
Book 9 of #10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures
Book 103 #Read2025
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