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bailed

#unpopularopinion
Have been hearing so much about this Litsy find. Too slow for my taste, didn't sit well with me. DNFing it for some other beauty.💞

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SamAnne

This Time Tomorrow: A Novel | Emma Straub

so-so

#UnpopularOpinion. For me, this felt like a bit of a hot mess. I‘m sure it would have been a more fun trip down memory lane if I wasn‘t 15 years older than the protagonist. But if I‘m going to read about privileged New York people I need a more interesting story. Having helped my parents through their final hours, I needed a better story to make it worth reliving. Same on having to face cancer this year. And how old was that cat anyway?

TheLudicReader Haha. I am twenty years older than the narrator and I loved every second of this book. Go figure. Lol. 2d

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julesG

The Golden Spoon: A Novel | Jessa Maxwell

bailed

#UnpopularOpinion

Six contestants on a baking show. Two judges. A manor. A storm. A murder.

The different POV of the characters sounded too similar, though the narrators did their best to give them some individuality.

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Cinfhen

Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson

so-so

#UnpopularOpinion I just found this book so difficult to follow- multiple timelines, dozens of characters, so many side stories- it was just too messy for me 🤷🏼‍♀️curious to see what the #LiteraryCrew has to say about this one!! This was also on @MallenNC #ALSpine list - sorry I didn‘t love it as much as you did, Melyssa! I enjoyed the author‘s notes & im interested to see what she writes next. #ReadingTheAmericas23 #Jamaica

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Megabooks I don‘t remember much about this, but I did read it. 🤔 (edited) 2w

Librarybelle That‘s a shame! I‘ve not started yet. I‘m very curious now… 2w

Cinfhen This book has tons of 5 star reviews so I have a feeling it was me @Librarybelle @Megabooks I just wasn‘t fully invested from the start and I did audio which meant I was often spacing out 🤪 2w

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MallenNC There is a lot going on in this one! I read it in print and think it would have been hard to follow on audio. 2w

Cinfhen I see now that I own this book on my Kindle too 🤦🏼‍♀️ @MallenNC I probably should have switched to print!! Bummer 2w

Addison_Reads When I found out at my IRL book club that this author writes "flash fiction" it helped me understand this book more. The short chapters and the way some characters and topics just pop-up without being explored in-depth, I feel are just part of the writing style. 2w

Cinfhen Interesting @Addison_Reads that does explain the writing style which sometimes felt like bullet fire - her prose was great so im definitely curious to try her next book. 2w

TrishB I love this one, just shows sometimes just how it clicks. 2w

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BookBelle84

Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi

so-so

I may have waited too long after the hype to read this book. I was underwhelmed? I'm not sure if this one got so much attention as it was an African based YA, but having read others in the genre now (Blood Scion for example), I didn't enjoy this one as much. I found it overly long and slow. Also, I didn't really enjoy the brother/sister romances with the other set of brother/sister, it felt lazy and unnecessary. Gorgeous covers, though.

Read4life I felt the same way when I read this. It was such an #unpopularopinion but it just didn‘t do it for me. 2w

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Addison_Reads

The House at the End of the World | Dean Koontz

pan

#unpopularopinion This book reminded me of all the reasons I stopped reading Dean Koontz years ago.

A woman on an island finds herself at the center of what could be an apocalyptic event. I disliked Koontz repeatedly discussing AR-15 rifles and how people misunderstand and they aren't really automatic weapons. It felt like an agenda after a while and really got on my nerves.

Bland characters, mediocre story...just not for me.

Crazeedi I only ever read a couple of his, just didn't click with me 3w

Reggie I like a couple of his but after awhile it just got old. 3w

vivastory I bailed on the following Koontz when I read it years ago, something I very rarely do. Koontz;s conservative views were pretty front & center in it