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However, the Wrath and the Dawn was spectacular and I had almost no arguments. I guess I can recommend this to my mother and then be proud of my heritage. Then I will somehow find a way to tell my mum that I ransacked her closet to get her jewelry and traditional clothes. Well, I ambushed my closet as well. The book photo shoot in the end, was still very fun. Salwar here, ghagra choli here, SHOWER EVERYTHING WITH JEWELRY BASICALLY. *minimal spoilers follow*
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is honestly the cutest book I’ve probably read. And it’s so cute, because it was ridiculously normal! I mean, even in contemporary now there’s all sorts of different characters with their own piques and individualities, but Simon is just normal. Perfectly normal, surrounded by normal kids and normal people (see how I differentiated kids from people there aye). But normal is complicated, and that’s why this book was the cutest normal of ever.
Oh, I’ll say it. I loved A Court of Mist And Fury. I thought that I definitely wouldn’t, after reading Aimal‘s review and talking to her about it. She told me that I should give it a go, and so I did. And where she hated it, I loved it.
That’s that. (IMO IMO IMO everything here is IMO) It was infinitely better than the preceding novel, no doubt. So naturally, I’m having a hard time reviewing it, because of ALL OF MY THOUGHTS. But what I’ve figured out about this book is that there is two primary views of it: 1) the people who hate it and have good reason to 2) the people who love it and have good reason to. There’s not really an in the middle with this book, there is no average, it’s either you were pleased with all the great things, or you were brought down by all the lesser details. And I belong to the former group, but I will address some things that I didn’t like as well. Whoo. I’m not ready for this. Please write faster, Mrs. Maas. I NEED THAT THIRD BOOK NOW NOW NOW.
Made You Up is my latest extent of interest in YA novels about schizophrenia, and other mental disorders. Each time I read a book about these type of things, I feel motivated to read about mental disorders and try to understand them and this book pulled off everything. With just the right amount of crazy, hallucinations, doubts, suspense, and thrill, and just a little (wonderful) bit of romance, the book made my head SPIN with the dire NEED to fangirl.
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. Sheâs pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn’t she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. Sheâs not prepared for normal.
Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.