Drama-Lovers Book Club

 I AM SHOOKETH:

As I was reading  the last part  my water bottle fell, I was like 😳

Shooketh indeed

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (26%)
Setting was why it interested me but its insta-love and I dislike plots around fictional angels.

Keeper of the Lost Cities (10%)
Actually like it. But it does read too young for me to like as much as I wish I could.

School for Good and Evil (60%)
Most characters are too annoying and it has mixed messages (like Hort but he's barely in it).

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Second Story)
Soft DNF. Like it but I don't get invested in short stories enough to make it worth it. That being said,
I get the feeling I'll return to it from time to time reading a new story each time, rather than binging
them all at once. It's just a possibility but it's there. Who knows?

Heartless (5%)
WHEN am I gonna learn to give up on romance? America's definition of it is smut and crude ideas.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (10%)
So not the books fault. I think this is the first time I tried an actual thriller. I was enjoying it.
Thing is . . . my curiosity got the best of me. I was impatient to know what was going on and
searched up spoilers. At that point that meant there was no point in me reading it xD

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (40%)
This is the type of book that doesn't take itself seriously. Initially I was laughing out loud.
But the humour quickly got exhausting. Yes, exhausting. I always need some humour in a
story I'm consuming, whether it's a lot or a little. But I also need them to take themselves
seriously a little. This NEVER does.

One For Enemy (42%)
Out of this entire list, this is the one that makes me sad - the one that lead to real disappointment.
This was amazing until it wasn't. I LOVED the beginning. Her prose as well as her interesting choice
to split the book into Shakespearen-esque sections were the parts I vibed with most.  I also enjoyed
the dialogue, setting and chemistry itself between characters whether that was romantic or familial
Together they were all working beautifully. To the point where I was even willing to ignore the insta
love between two characters in it. Given all this, it HURTS that eventually, being a Romeo and Juliet
retelling was all it took to weigh all those pros down. True to it, dramatic instantaneous romance met
dramatic family feud conflict (therefore) met dramatic misery. Not my type of melodrama. Looking at
spoilers, right after the point I stopped, the plot goes terribly downhill too. So dropping it was more
worth it than I realised it was at the time. Not a good consolation but at least it is one.

All Systems Red (30%)
Just a mood moment. I'm not sure I'll ever be in the mood for something like this
however if I ever am, I trust this to sufficiently be exactly what I'll need for it.

The Poppy War (20%)
Though the context was natural, there was quite a bit of info-dumping. Scenes I expected and wanted to continue would end abruptly which often threw me off. The (intended) nod to China’s history (Opium wars, events involving Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Europe) was closer to documented reality than I realised it would be - I don’t want to read the grimmer parts as the story progresses knowing this (a complement to the series if anything).

I posted the two comments above ahead of time because I can finally feel a book slump coming in. I'm not gonna read anything else for the rest of the month lol (and for who knows how long - time to switch to animanga and maybe dramas for a while)