“Finders Keepers” By Stephen King Review

The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.

This book is the second book in the “Bill Hodges” series written of course by Stephen King. 

To be honest after watching the “Mr. Mercedes” tv show, I decided to reading this book series as well because the show is based of on this book series.

A part of me really liked the plot in this one because at times it gave me “misery” vibes, even thou it is very far away from the iconic “misery” book. 

However the plot itself has its ups and downs, but the downs in my opinion are much more frequent than its ups. It started very good, but the further and further it continues the less and less fun I was having with this book. 

The plot had been boring and uninteresting at times, but the moments it was actually interesting, there was very very interesting. And after finishing this book I needed to take one day to think about this book before I sat down to review this book. Thats because I was very mixed about this book. Because a part of me liked this book and the second part of me didn’t like this book.

This book has multiple perspectives it follows, so it was kind of hard to keep track of everything which was happening. In this perspective we follow the perspectives of Bill, Holly, Morris and Pete. Of course if you don’t know Bill and Holly are the private detectives, Morris is the bad guy and Pete is the kid who done something which he shouldn’t and got in trouble for it.

I personally loved Bill Hodges, Jerome and Holly Gibny as characters but when it comes to the rest of characters . Bill, Jerome and Holly were very good character even thou this book doesn’t focus on them so much as I would want it to. I personally would want this book to tell the plot from solely their perspectives which would make this book so much better. And skip the storytelling from Pete’s and Morrie’s perspectives, which for me personally was at times uninteresting and boring.  And it pretty much took the wind out if it in my opinion.

The characters (expect of Bill, Jerome and Holly) were in my opinion very flat and for the most part uninteresting. And I just couldn’t bring myself to care about them, because I just couldn’t ,are myself like them, or relegate to them in anyway.

Don’t get me wrong, this book isn’t all bad, you will be entertained while you read it because the plot has a unique way of telling a basic plot line. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Ignite Me” By Tahereh Mafi Review

With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that’s not all he wants with her.

This book is the third book in the “Shatter Me” series, and I need to say it again, Im loving this series more and more, with each book I read in this series.

To be fully honest, this book was an emotional roller coaster, which I loved a lot. There were huge love triangle drama in this book, and Juliette final made a final decision in her love triangle thing going on. 

The beginning of this book was slow, but it was very very enjoyable to read. And the further you got in this book the more and more action this book began to have. Which really was very interesting and enjoyable. And while reading this book I lost all track of time because I was so sucked into this book.

The character became even better in this book, and if you compare the characters in this book with the same characters in the first book then you will see the huge character development which every character had got in this series.

The characters here are so unique, and they feel like real human beings, which really made me fall in love with them so much more. The characters in this book have depth, their own thoughts and opinions.

The plot in this book was wow where should I begin with it? There was so much happening in this book, even thou the beginning was slow it was still a lot of things happening there to keep you entrained. 

The writing style here was amazing, because it was like the author knew what words to use to grab out attention and to not let it go to the very end. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Fear: Trump in the White House” By Bob Woodward Review

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.

As you may get from the title and summary of this book, this book is about Trump’s presidency. And well it talks about a lot of things involving Trump’s presidency.

This book also talks a little bit about Trump’s presidency campaign. There isn’t much talk about it, but there is some. 

This book portrays in a very good way the insides of Trump’s presidency and the issues which were there. This book puts all the issues with Trump’s presidency in simple and easy way, which makes this book suitable for everyone, no matter if you know a lot about politics or not. 

This book is written from a lot of various sources, which are listed at the end of this book which you can look up after you are finished with this book, which makes it very good because you can fact check the author if you have suspicions about things within this book.

However my main issue with this book was that it focuses a lot on the drama between Trump and FBI, but also Trump making staff changes every other week. 

Trump making staff changes every other week, isn’t that surprising because if you are familiar with trump then you know that the guy has a lot of problems and he cant stick with someone for too long.

The writing style is good for the most part but there were moments where the writing style turned to boring or uninteresting at times, which made some sections of this book really tortures to read. Because of the have topics it talked about and the hard writing style.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Unite Me” By Tahereh Mafi Review

Destroy Me tells the events between Shatter Me and Unravel Me from Warner’s point of view. Even though Juliette shot him in order to escape, Warner can’t stop thinking about her–and he’ll do anything to get her back. But when the Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment arrives, he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner cannot allow. Fracture Me is told from Adam’s perspective and bridges the gap between Unravel Me and Ignite Me. As the Omega Point rebels prepare to fight the Sector 45 soldiers, Adam’s more focused on the safety of Juliette, Kenji, and his brother. The Reestablishment will do anything to crush the resistance… including killing everyone Adam cares about.

This book has two separate books in it which are both Destroy Me and Fracture Me, which I’ve already reviewed few days ago. 

This book is really nice because it contains two separate books, which makes you buy just one book instead of two books. Which means you save money and space on the bookshelf.

In my opinion Destroy Me is much better than Fracture Me. Because I found Warner’s perspective is so much better than Adam’s perspective. And because I like Warner much more than Adam.

Fracture Me, wasn’t what I’ve expected even from Adam’s perspective. Because he spend the 2 precious books in this series trying to prove himself to Juliette but when she gets taken by Warner’s father, and Adam’s little brother is in danger at the same time. He just doesn’t give a damn about Juliette and acts like she doesn’t matter anymore. I get it, you go save your little brother and then have the rest of the gang to go after Juliette. But don’t insist on everyone going to save your little brother even thou your group can split in half. But thats just one of my many problems with Adam.

The writing style in both Destroy Me and Fracture Me, is incredible. Ive said it before but im gonna say it again. Tahereh Mafi is an incredible writer. Because its like she knows what words to use to grab our attention and to not let it go before the very end of the book and still making us wanting more.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Fracture Me” By Tahereh Mafi Review

As Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam’s focus couldn’t be further from the upcoming battle. He’s reeling from his breakup with Juliette, scared for his best friend’s life, and as concerned as ever for his brother James’s safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It’s time for war.

This book is written from Adam’s perspective. And I need to admit that this book was less fan than the book written from Warner’s perspective. But thats has to do me not liking Adam as much as I like Warner. 

After reading this book, I need to say that this book was more about Adam reassuring himself that he can be the hero which Juliette and his little brother needs  than anything else. 

Throughout this whole book Adam tries to be the hero for everyone, but still everything goes to shit at the end of this book, which really shows how bad of a hero Adam is.

But still a part of me loved this book a fair share, because we get to know Adam much more and we get to know his thoughts and emotions. But still some of his thoughts about Juliette aren’t the most valiant. Because he more or less wants to control Juliette in a way, always telling her what she should do like choosing him over Warner even do he treats Juliette as shit at times.

There are some additional action we get to know when Juliette is taken by Warner’s father from the battlefield. And we get to see those action going down through Adam’s perspective which is okay for the most part. But if you want me to pick a preferable perspective then I would go with Juliette’s and Warner’s perspectives.

The writing style here is as good as in the previous books in the series, which of course means that the author seems to know what words to use, to fully grab your attention and to not let it go until you finish the book.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Destroy Me” By Tahereh Mafi Review

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

This book is written from Warner’s perspective, and I truly loved it because I loved getting to know him better and get a book in this series from his perspective. 

Getting to know Warner and getting a part of the bigger story, from his perspective and to get to know the story from his perspective really made me love this whole series so much more.

In this book we get so much more information about Warner and we get to know his thoughts and feelings that it makes us feel like his very complex character even thou he doesn’t show his feelings to other characters other than when he and Juliette are alone together.

The fact that we get to know Warner’s thoughts and emotions, made me root for him much more, and because of this he just became my favorite character in this whole series. And because of this thoughts and emotions made me relate to him so much, that I cant even put it into words.

If you are a fan of this series, and haven’t read this book yet, then I have one question for you. And the question is what are you doing ? Read this book, because you wont regret it and this book will make you love this series so much more.

The writing style here is incredible. Because even thou we get Warner’s complex thoughts and emotions in this book, they are written in a very easy and simple way which makes us like him so much more.  

The writing style shows how amazing writer Tahereh Mafi is, because reading this book felt like she knew what words to use to suck us into the story and to not let us go until the very end.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Unravel Me” By Tahereh Mafi Review

It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from.

I need to be honest here and say that this series is getting better and better with each book. 

This book was much better from the first book in this series, because there is much more action in it, we get to know the characters much better and really the whole plot have really improved from the first book. Because of this increased in the series because of this book, Im having huge expectations for the rest of this series.

Even thou this book has around 460 pages (depending on which edition you get), I read it one day because I just couldn’t pull myself away from this book. Which really shows how interesting, enjoyable and unique this book is and hopefully as the rest of this series is.

The plot in this book is very interesting and it really sucks you into it and doesn’t let you go until the very end. And even when you finish the book you want to pick the next book in this series straight away. Which really shows how good of an author Tahereh Mafi is, and her talent for creating good plots to keep readers engaged and reading her books.

The characters in this book (and series) are super enjoyable and interesting. Because there are sop much personality and depth in them. Each character in this book is very unique and have something which makes us really really like them.

When I review the first book in this series I said that I found Juliette to be really annoying however this book resolves this problem. Because in this book Juliette is not annoying at all, and she became the character which I like the most in this book series so far at least.

However still I have the same problem with her which I had in the first book. Which is that she does nothing and expects everyone to do things for her, even if it is obvious that she can also start doing things and not get annoyed at other character for doing something or not doing something. I really hope that in the rest of this series, it changes.

The writing style here is amazing, its simple and easy even thou there is a lot of happening both action and drama. And the writing style actually makes the drama survivable for me, even thou I normally hate like love triangles in books. 

The love triangle in this book isn’t as bad as I had expected it to be, which really made me give this book and the series as a whole some extra points. Because the love triangle here is actually interesting in the aspect of who Juliette will choice in the end between Adam and Warner. (I’m personally rooting for Warner, let me know in the comments who you are rooting for in this love triangle).

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Assassin’s Apprentice” By Robin Hobb Review

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals – the old art known as the Wit – gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.

Ive been wanting to get into this series for a while now because ive heard so much good about it, and even my favorite author of all time, George R R Martin have recommended this series and this author on several occasions during interviews. So of course I needed to get into this series at some point. And this year is the time for it.

The plot in this book was very good, but on occasions I found myself bored because at moments the plot would stretch for far too long on events or descriptions which in the end didn’t have anything to say in the major picture. 

Even thou the plot has boring and uninteresting parts here and there, the bigger picture of the plot it is still very good. And solely from this book alone I think I found a new author to add to my list of favorite authors, which hasn’t seen much change for at least 2 years.

The characters in this book were very good, which really surprised me a lot because I wasn’t expecting such good characters from an so underrated author as Robin Hobb. Every characters in this book had all unique personalities and something which made them unique in their own way. 

I personnel didn’t like a lot of characters in this book, and the beginning I didn’t even like the main character, but the more and more I read, the more and more Ive grown to like the main character. He might be a hard character to like at times, but still he is a good character in my opinion.

The ending was very good, because thats where the most interesting part came into the play, and it sort of doesn’t leave us with a cliffhanger but at the same time it does. Which is a really odd thing, but a thing which I liked very much.

The writing style here, was very good because it was like the author knew what words to use in this book, to fully grab my attention and to not let it go even through the parts which I found boring and / or uninteresting. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Clown in a Cornfield” By Adam Cesare Review

Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can.

To be fully honest here and say that I have very mixed feelings about this book because I didn’t like it nor had I hated it.

This book has all the parts which people love in horror movies, games and books. Which of course are death, murder, mental illness, physical violence and gore, but in a way all of those things didn’t work for me in this book.

The plot here was interesting at the beginning because a family of a daughter and her dad, moved into a small town a recent family tragedy in Philadelphia. But very soon it became uninteresting and boring, because the plot was stretched for far too long, before any horror have started. 

The horror here, was all over the place here, because when things started to go down hill in the beginning you didn’t know what the f**k was happening or if it was one person or multiple people.

The characters in this book were very flat in this book to be honest here. The main character and her dad were okay as characters, but the rest of the character, I really had a hard time to telling them apart because they seem like the same character to me. Because all of the character even the main character and her father didn’t have a lot personality going on. 

But the main character and her father had some kind of personality going on, but the rest of the characters just didn’t have it.

The writing style here, was probably the best thing about this book. It was very easy and simple, which made this book a quick read 

But you could tell solely from the writing style that this book was meant for young adults, because the author didn’t use any big or complicated words. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“1984” By George Orwell Review

Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.

I need to say that this book has been on my TBR for years, and this year I finally read it and I’m so very glad that I finally read it because this book is so amazing.

This book has 2 parts, and the 1 first part of it was for me personally hard to read, but the second part was completely amazing. Because in the second part its where this book really got its chance to shine.

This book was relevant when it was first published but now in 2024 its even more relevant, because humans in the majority of countries are becoming more and more like cyborgs. Which means that we as humans depend more and more on our phones, internet, headphones, laptops, tablets, tv etc.

The plot here is amazing, because its paint a very real version of dystopia and how everything would go downhill. Even thou this book is a fictional book, the dystopia in this book seems very real and like it might happen in a few decades. Which really made me love this book a lot because of it.

This book contains topics as humans being controlled by the government, no free speech, harsh and strict political rules, language manipulation, propaganda, excessive surveillance and everything we do and say being recorded. Which a lot of those topics are becoming more and more relevant now, and you will see it if you watch the news channels or read newspapers. 

The writing style here was amazing, because it felt like George Orwell knew what words to use to grab my attention and to not let it go to the very end.

The two main characters we get in this book which of course are Winston and Julia are amazing, because you can feel their struggles, and how much they try to live their live under those harsh, brutal and strict rules which are set by the government.

I Give This Book 4 / 5