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I knew I’d like this novel, but I didn’t know I’d like it this much! I devoured this book, and you should too. V. E. Schwab’s Vicious is about Victor Vale and Eli Ever (I see what you did there, Victoria Elizabeth!), two college roommates who declare similar thesis topics and soon become obsessed with their idea. In…
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I knew I’d like this novel, but I didn’t know I’d like it this much! I devoured this book, and you should too. V. E. Schwab’s Vicious is about Victor Vale and Eli Ever (I see what you did there, Victoria Elizabeth!), two college roommates who declare similar thesis topics and soon become obsessed with their idea. In…
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More like Aru Shah and My Extensive Collection of Unread Galleys amirite? I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In this…
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In 2013, The Book Thief movie came out, but I barely remember the first time I watched it. However, since I adore the novel (here’s my review) I wanted to watch the film again and do an analysis/comparison of the two! I’ll ramble, then I’ll score both versions. The categories I’ve chosen are: plot, characters, setting…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Melmoth by Sarah Perry. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Melmoth tells the story of a woman named Helen Franklin, from Essex by birth but who now lives in Prague. She…
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I Am the Messenger is Markus Zusak’s fourth book (though his first three are hard to find in America). It chronicles the story of Ed Kennedy, a taxi driver in a small town in Australia. He is pretty much a nobody, and has virtually no goals for his life. But when an incompetent criminal robs a…
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An Ember in the Ashes is Sabaa Tahir’s debut, the first in the Ember Quartet. It tells the story of a girl, Laia, a Scholar living under the violent, oppressive rule of the Martial Empire. After her brother is arrested for treason and her grandparents are killed, she finds the shadowy Scholar Resistance, a group supposedly…
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Circe by Madeline Miller is her second novel, and is in a similar vein to her first book, The Song of Achilles, though quite different in plot and tone. Circe retells certain myths from the nymph Circe’s point of view, featuring various figures from ancient stories we know well. The plot traces the events of her life from infancy…
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I’ve read this three times now, and it still astonishes me. This is one of my favorite books ever. There. That’s my review. What, that’s not enough information? Well then, allow me to gush. The Book Thief is a masterpiece. Markus Zusak tells us the story—set during the Second World War—of a girl named Liesel Meminger,…
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Signs of a fantastic series: When you finish, you sit in a daze, unable to focus on anything else but what you just read for at least half an hour. You recommend it to anyone remotely interested in that genre (or, sometimes, not even then. You might recommend it to complete strangers on the street.…