This book was neither a good mystery/thriller nor a good romance, which left it feeling identity-less and shallow, especially given the strong moral messaging it tried to have. Maybe I need to vet my books more before I read them. Maybe books should be better written! Who's to say, really.

I hated this. It made me genuinely angry, to a point where I'm finding it difficult to write this review. Nothing happens, the mysterious murder is nothing, the writing is atrocious, and the biggest victim of the book is never acknowledged.

Following the release and rave reviews of her first book, the provocatively-named autobiography I'm Glad My Mom Died, people (it's me, I'm people) were intrigued by the announcement of her second book. This time fiction but equally provocative, Half His Age has an in-your-face cover and a shocking premise. This book was published, and that is the extent of what it accomplished.

Look, I’m a certified McFadden hater. I thought the one book of hers that I read was unbelievably bad and wasn’t interested in picking up anything else because I don’t trust her output speed. But I love a gimmick, and I could not help myself from getting her latest book, The Dinner Party, a “Pick Your Poison” adventure.

You're not going to believe me, but I did like the story beats of this book. It certainly made me want to try biang biang noodles. But I was overall unimpressed with the writing and the implementations of the central allegory.

This is just an horrendously bad story in every way. It's highly homophobic, it's a disrespectful adaptation, and it's just not a very compelling story. I'm upset that I didn't research this book enough before listening to it, and I'm embarrassed on Orson Scott Card's behalf that it exists.

No matter how you pitch it, mystery/thriller books that expose the dark side of social media are never that revolutionary, and "Everyone is Lying to You" is no exception. While I was interested by the idea of looking at trad wives specifically, the author did not deliver on this idea. This ended up being an underwhelming, inexperienced, and apolitical perspective exploration.

This book was weird. If I hadn't won it in a Giveaway, I probably wouldn't have finished it. The writing wasn't anything impressive, the topic was strange, and the mystery was underwhelming.

Golden Son by Pierce Brown Pages: 443 Genre: sci-fi, fantasy Rating: 1 Star Kindle Highlights Spoilers for Red Rising Now integrated...