#Bestseller Review

[bookshelf-in-progress]

Now that I know more about writing, I'm upset at all the writing advice that urged new writers to find the one best way to write stories, when they should be telling us to play with writing techniques like toys.

Don't tell us to avoid certain points of view! Don't box us into the one currently popular prose style! Let us play and see what effects different techniques achieve, so we can learn the best ways to make use of them! Give us a whole ton of possibility instead of one cookie-cutter template!

[evansbby]

poyt 5 is such a fucking rollercoaster, y’all! like i feel like people may not like it bc it’s so all over the place and it reads more like a book than a chapter 😭😭 in the sense that there isn’t just a beginning - middle - climax - end. It’s more like, a bazillion ups and downs, about three climaxes, three very emotional and poignant scenes (although I guess the main heart-wrenching scene is the big one in the middle, and then there’s a lot of mini heart-wrenches) and then there’s also a bit of comedic stuff which we haven’t seen in the other poyt parts, and some heavy romance stuff and revelation stuff, of course the main biggest climax, and then the ending and then the epilogue…

I guess I’m saying all this bc I feel like people will get bored halfway through bc it’s so super long 😭😭😭😭 I’m so so so anxious about people losing interest bc poyt 5 is very different structure wise 😭😭 I just threw EVERYTHING in without caution and now I’m editing and it’s like… some scenes are way too long but then I don’t want to cut anything, I feel like everything is so important to the story!!! And I keep thinking back to poyt 4 to reassure myself, bc it was 22k words long but I remember some of you saying that it didn’t FEEL like 22k words bc it went by quickly! I JUST HOPE y’all feel the same way about poyt 5😭

[mannbhaavnii]

3rd March, 2023

I’ve been reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and trust me, it has broken my heart. This is the first time when a book has made me cry myself to sleep.

🎧: Bo Giyam by Kashif Din, Nimra Rafiq

Review:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think I liked the book a lot and the ending was unexpectedly good. I just wished in the end Laila could become something, like take on a career and also wished to see Mariam’s old self again. Other than this, I loved the whole book. It was described in such fine detail that it blowed my mind. Surely a good read!

[diabolical-in-disguise]

My book Diabolical in Disguise: A True Story Of Resilience is out now! I’m so excited and nervous at the same time!

[rrcraft-and-lore]

instead of a shitpost/meme, I just say this: Hey, would you be kind enough to spread the word about my new epic silk road fantasy book? Would you buy a copy please? :)

Available everywhere books are sold

"Crafted with patience, passion, and most importantly, tremendous love. Read R.R. Virdi!"- Jim Butcher, NYT bestselling author of the Dresden Files

"Rich world-building, plenty of action, and devious twists abound. Very highly recommended!" ―Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Kagen the Damned

"R.R. Virdi's The First Binding is engrossing and beautiful, joyous and painful―always entertaining, sometimes profound. This book makes me remember why I love epic fantasy."―Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dune: House Atreides

"An epic like no other - grand, sweeping, dramatic, a love letter to fantasy burning with the dust and heat and mythos of South Asia. It reads like magic and tastes like saffron." ―Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Washington Post bestselling author of the Salvage Crew

[sweetfirebird]

The 'reviewers getting hits on youtube by critically reviewing very popular books they didn't like and thus promoting those books and ensuring those books stay popular and get sequels thus giving those reviewers even more content to get more hits' industrial complex.

[guideaus]

i heard that pre-ordering supports the series' continuation, but for some series i think it's fine for me not to do. the lesbians are safe and probably wont be cancelled, i think

[finnglas]

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[thatalmostopsorceress]

[Review] I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang [240308]

I just finished binging I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang in a day. It was absolutely amazing. I loved every second of it.

The way the author captures every emotion Sadie feels is so captivating, so realistic, so... perfect. I found myself tensing up with when she was worried; I found myself staring intently at the screen of my tablet, my brows furrowed; I found myself smiling along with her.

It was so satisfying reading this novel: the misunderstanding trope wasn't dragged out or annoying, every scene played in my mind exactly like a movie would, and the imagery used was nothing short of spectacular, flowing with the scenes and written in the perfect tone.

The character development was absolutely lovely – something very refreshing and satisfying – they were the opposite of cardboard-plank characters, they all had a purpose to serve and they acted as real humans did, they weren't too childish, too mature, too plain or too flashy.

As I kept reading, I found myself falling in love with the characters more and more – the vanity of Julius, the relatable-ness of Sadie, everything about Abigail... One thing I found especially delightful was how, even though Julius and Sadie were enemies, they were quite the same. [Spoiler Starts] They both loathe the thought of someone pitying them, they both try so hard to be so perfect, they both are equally as obsessed with each other, they make each other feel alive – they just live their lives in different ways. [Spoiler Ends]

Being of Chinese descent, I Hope This Doesn't Find You was even more fun due to the 汉语拼音 embedded within the text – I could hear every word spoken out so smoothly, it was truly an enjoyable experience that evoked immense joy within my heart.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel! 10/10! I feel the constant need to gush about it.

Some of my favorite annotations that I made reading it (I'll add my fav quotes another day):

Chapter 1: slay Julius | young and rich, tall and han- | ah girl u ok ah

Chapter 2: girlie what | um girl you're a bit tad bit teeny bit uh obsessed | sus

Chapter 3: I love this guy he's so silly | RIP Sadie, rest in peace our soldier | #relatable I have hot hands

Chapter 7: #slay | HSHAHAHA

Chapter 8: he can scrub !

Chapter 9: oh no! hee hee

Chapter 10: i like how we finally have a normal ml w/o tragic backstory

Chapter 11: liar you're obsessed too <3 | he's so silly how jelly | CS student aye #relatable | we like em cats

Chapter 12: ew

Chapter 13: yoi

Chapter 14: YOI!

Chapter 16: jelly season 2. | haHA | I love this woman :)

Chapter 17: I LOVE ABIGAIL T-T!!!! | ♡ chill gal

Chapter 18: aw not salty? | yeah. salty. | GIRL WAKE UP. U. P. UP | oh my god can't you SEE | oh Abigail how I love you lol

Chapter 19: awie | slay Rosie | SHE'S REFORMED!!! | Julius is just like Sadie aeaeaergh

Chapter 20: OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING YALL!!!!!!! | hee hee

Chapter 21: SLAY MAX!!!!!! | ♡ character development | !!!!AEAEAE | bro prolly took 9 min & 40s crying and squealing & blushing | ♡[scribble]♡♡♡♡♡ | Stan julius for clear skin ♡

One question kept popping through my mind as I read this novel.... Where is my Julius Gong? I'm a top student (sadly, I'm not any kind of athlete or leader, though I do work out). I get good grades. Relatively. So, uh, God, where can I order a Julius Gong? dfjkdshjfksdf (I'm an agnostic, by the way)

[hebrewbyinbal]

Review Time!

To all who take the time and review the workbooks I am forever grateful ❤️📚🤗

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[expendablemudge]

International bestselling #Japanese #translation DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP is a great #Booksgiving gift for the one-sitting reader you'll have around the table or tree.

[beu-ytr]

Resenha de "A Escada dos Anos" de Anne Tyler

*meio q tem spoilers, p.s voltei galerinha rsrs

“A Escada dos Anos”, de Anne Tyler conta a história de Cordelia Grinstead, uma mulher de meia-idade que, pressionada com o descaso de sua família para com os seus desejos, foge para uma outra cidade, pretendendo recomeçar a sua vida.

Esse livro tem uma leitura bem leve e simples, de fácil entendimento e com situações modernas, tudo digno de ser um best seller, apesar de não ser um (até onde eu sei)

A narrativa tem potencial pra construir um universo interessante, mas falha miseravelmente em carisma

A personagem principal é uma coitada, que nunca realmente faz alguma coisa de interessante que realmente mude sua vida, mesmo ela tendo literalmente fugido de casa em plenos 40/50 anos de idade

O engraçado mesmo, é que apesar dela ter “fugido” da família abusiva, ela continuou sendo capacho deles e sendo constantemente mal tratada por literalmente todos eles, mesmo que por longa distância

Isso é muito irritante de se ler, é literalmente tortura observar uma pata veia dessa agindo como uma adolescente de 14 anos

Inclusive, essa ingenuidade irritante dela poderia ter sido muito mais trabalhada e aprofundada, porque até onde eu entendi, ela se casou muito cedo então não aproveitou muito a sua juventude, talvez a sua falta de maturidade fosse uma forma de compensar os anos irresponsáveis que ela não viveu, sei lá

Isso seria muito legal de ler, mas infelizmente esse não é muito o foco do livro

Na verdade não sei qual é o foco do livro, poderia compará-lo com qualquer coisa que a Colleen Hoover já fez, sofrimento e angústia pelo simples objetivo de sofrimento e angústia

(não adianta, qualquer oportunidade q eu tiver de falar mal da Colleen Hoover eu irei falar mal da Colleen Hoover)

Senti umas leves características de fanfic nesse livro também, mas não vou julgar isso porque quem nunca né, eu não acho isso necessariamente um problema

Acontece que a história é muito chata, a trama se perde um pouco às vezes e a premissa original do livro, que era justamente a fuga da protagonista de seu lar abusivo, não dura nem metade do livro

E a vida dessa protagonista meu deus, que dó, que mente disnivelada que ingenuidade absurda, eu fiquei genuinamente impressionada com a capacidade dessa Cordelia de ser uma total acefala socialmente chegando ao ponto em que ninguém mais sabe o que passa na cabeça dessa mulher porque ela é simplesmente imprevisível e desequilibrada

Sem falar nos filhos dela que são igualmente doidos da cabeça, e ainda por cima tratam mal a mãe, um absurdo

Enfim, se não deu pra perceber ainda eu não gostei desse livro eu odiei cada segundo dessa leitura e eu nem cheguei a terminar ele, acho que ficou faltando uns dois capítulos

Mas posso culpar o meu critério também né, o ultimo livro que eu li foi Sra. Dalloway então posso dizer que meu paladar se refinou um pouquinho kkdjfkdfk enfim obrigada pela atenção, até a próxima

[danielleurbansblog]

Review: AOH

Synopsis: From the opulent palaces of Babylon to the manipulative courts of ancient Egypt, Aoh’s journey of survival and love unveils a world of luxury, danger, and shifting loyalties.“The incredible imagery the author utilized in their writing allowed the vast deserts and grand palaces of Babylon and Egypt to come to life so beautifully on the page.” — Author Anthony Avina’s BlogUpon fleeing…

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Are Nearly All The Men In Lagos Truly Mad ?

Title: Nearly All the Men In Lagos are Mad Author : Damilare Kuku Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Humor, African Literature Format: Paperback, 254 pages Published: January 1st 2021 Links: Goodreads Amazon Book review In many books, the opening pages are a challenge for me. This is when authors try to establish the characters, often with a slow pace and excessive description. While not…

[reading-that-book]

When Women Were Dragons

Author: Kelly Barnhill Year of Publication: 3 May 2022 PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT: 5/5 Plot: This is the book you should read if you only read one this year. An unashamed feminist story called When Women Were Dragons tackles millennia of female wrath brought on by misogyny, brutality, and subjugation, which causes women to turn into DRAGONS out of…