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Five Nights at Hobby Lobby

I really wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. After all, I like crafting, and I tend to enjoy critical looks at Christianity. While it wasn't the worst book ever, but I stopped enjoying the experience of reading it at, like, 30%. Unfortunately the book just didn't manage to live up to anything it promised.

Kendall Carroll

Jan 96 min read

Shakespeare, I'm Sorry They're Doing This To You

Listen. This is not a kind review. I read the first book and hated it. I would've been incredibly happy to leave it in the past, but the description was about Hamlet. I had to read it, even if I knew that I'd hate it. I did hate it, and it really wasn't similar enough to Hamlet for me to be even a little gracious.

Kendall Carroll

Aug 19, 20253 min read

All Questions, No Answers

I just simply did not enjoy this book. And it was far too long, which gave me a lot of time to ruminate on all its flaws. It may not have been the worst book I've ever read, but with an irritating main character, shallow political messaging that overpowered the already-weak plot, and a personality that doesn't know what its trying to be, there were very few things about this book that helped redeem it for me.

Kendall Carroll

Jul 16, 20255 min read

Some Secrets Are Better Kept

I wanted to love this book so badly. I loved "If We Were Villains," and this book often gets recommended in hand with that, so I was ready to find a new obsession. And, honestly, I really had hope for Book 1. It wasn't perfect, but I was enjoying it an awful lot. And then we get to Book 2.

Kendall Carroll

Jul 15, 20252 min read

The Most Confusing Game

This book was a terrible reading experience. Everything about it was annoying, confusing, and so bewildering that I couldn't even find my footing enough to pretend to care.

Kendall Carroll

May 24, 20256 min read

Hamlet, the Frat Bro, and His Awful Girlfriend

I knew from the cover of this book that it was probably not going to be my thing, but because it's about "Hamlet," I decided to give it a shot anyway. I thought that perhaps it could be fun in an "early 2000s teen movie" kind of way. What I got instead was a lazy, reductive version of this play that talks down to its readers and shows a blatant disregard for the things that make the original so loved.

Kendall Carroll

May 2, 20257 min read