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“The Devil in Silver” by Victor LaValle

3.5/5

My review: 

Although this is a well-written book (with the expected amount of mistakes before editing), and while I was heavily interested in the story, I couldn’t bring myself to give it more than 3 stars. The random switching between POVs was unnecessary, I felt, and gave me the impression—especially at the end—that the author was trying to bide his time for some reason. Of course that increased my anticipation, but it made me a little irritated as well. Who cares about this rat’s life story? Not me! (Or at least, not in this book.) Then there was the case of the ending—the big reason I didn’t give this book a higher rating. I liked the way the book ended, but at the same time, it was too expected. The writing also felt very rushed, which made it hard to get through the last chapter. Finally, my biggest pet peeve of all was The Devil. I wanted this book to be a thriller, but unfortunately, was very disappointed with the antagonist.

Grow Up by Ben Brooks

4/5

My review:

I liked the book because, even though at times I scoffed at the character’s immaturity, that’s what happens when you’re a teenager—you’re immature and you do stupid things. Plus, there wouldn’t really be a story if the character never did anything stupid, right? I was really surprised at how well-written the book was at times. Although not a deep book, it was hilarious, and the writing swept me into Jasper’s world and left me nostalgic for my own risk-taking adolescence. However, near the end the writing seemed almost sloppy and choppy, like the author was trying quickly to get the book finished. I didn’t like that abrupt change of pace—that’s really my only complaint.

I just finished the book “Courtney Comes Clean” by Maer Roshan. 

3.5/5

My review from Goodreads:

I’m going to keep this review short and simple: I liked the book. Until I realized how short it was and how much the author left frayed. I felt like I had become friends with Courtney with the interview narrating. After reading the book, I did a bit of research on Courtney which I otherwise would have never gone into, which was a bit of a challenge but interesting all the same. What can I say? She’s an interesting person who does and says interesting things. I share her love for fashion and men, and to be honest, I wouldn’t mind talking to her even if it DID require bipolar Twitter conversations (I’m not using bipolar here as a stigma—I’m using it because Courtney could very well have bipolar disorder). Enough said. If you’re interested in Courtney, more so than Kurt or their daughter, then give this a read. If anything, you might learn something you wouldn’t have pegged to be attributed to Courtney.

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“Voices of the Dead” by Peter Leonard

4.5/5

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“Filaria” by Brent Hayward

4/5

The first thing I noticed was how high the diction was. A lot of the words are archaic, adding to the tone of the book. Some of the words are just weird. And some of the words are made up. Everything you could ask for in a sci-fi novel! The grammar was impeccable, and I absolutely love this writer’s style. Even though I’m not typically interested in description pertaining to environment or place, it’s almost impossible to understand sci-fi without understanding the world the characters are living in (or in this case, worlds?) A lot of the metaphors also caught me off guard, but in a good way. Most were so original that I literally had to sit there in a silence for a few moments to completely absorb what I had just read. 

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“A Greyhound of a Girl” by Roddy Doyle

4/5

Loved this one. I’ll post my favorite quotes from it whenever it’s released. 

You can read my review here

Finished with “A Visit from the Goon Squad” by Jennifer Egan. 

4/5. 

My review from Goodreads can be found here

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