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“Wolf Island” By Darren Shan Review

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As the mysterious Shadow builds an army of demons, Grubbs Grady and his team search desperately for answers. But when they follow up a new lead, it takes them to an old, unexpected foe – the Lambs.

This book is the 8th book in a series called “The Demonata” which I had no idea about before buying and reading this book. Which might be the reason why I hated this book and DNF-ed it. 

To be honest I had no idea what was happening in this book while reading this book. All I know while reading this book was that there were some kind of demons and a group trying to fight them. But let me tell you I was very confused while reading this book which really made me DNF this book very quick. 

The characters here, are very bad. They are flat, shallow and feels like the author didn’t knew or care about giving the readers good character which they would relate to and actually like. I cant tell you specifics about the characters in this book because my brain refused to give them any brain storage or power. 

The writing style in this book are meh, it isn’t good but I for sure have seen worse writing style in my time reading books. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” By Stuart Turton Review

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‘Somebody’s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won’t appear to be a murder and so the murderer won’t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I’ll show you the way out.’ It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden – one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party – can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot.

Ive heard a lot of good about this book, and after reading this book I gotta say that this book doesn’t live up to my expectation I had for this book.

The plot in this book has good and unique premise. The plot in this book reminded me of the movie “Happy Death Day” if it was written by Agatha Christie. I wanted so badly to love this book but after reading it, I just couldn’t even like this book because of how bad it was. I know my opinion might be very unpopular but hey we all are different and the books which you love some other people might hate. 

There are too may characters in this book which really makes impossible to keep track of who is who in this book. And to really get a picture of all the characters because there are way too many characters in this book. And all of the characters feels like the same person which doesn’t make it easier to tell who the killer is and who is innocent. Every character in this book also seems like they could be the killer because each character in this book has like 50 red flags about them which makes you sure that this character is the killer until you meet the next character. 

My second problem about this book is that this book keeps going back and forward in time without giving us any heads up which really makes you so very confused. And it doesn’t help me liking this book more if it keeps making me more and more confused as I continue to read this book.

My third problem with this book is that the more I read of this book the more and more I felt like vital information wasn’t withheld from us on purpose so that the so called “tension” in this book would build up until the “plot twist” at the end of this book. But let me tell you neither tension or plot twist exist in this book because of how poorly this book was written.

The writing style in this book is bad. It felt like it was written by a grade school kid who wanted to be the next Stephen King or Agatha Christie. Which of course is far from the author intention I guess. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“It Starts with Us” By Colleen Hoover Review

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Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Even thou I liked the first book in this so called two book series, I gotta say that writing this book was very unnecessary to write and even more unnecessary to publish for people to read. Because its so much worse than the first book.

The entire plot of this book is the main female character being afraid to say and do anything because she is afraid of her ex-husband. Which really annoyed me because she was acting like a 5 year old girl who was afraid that her dad would take away her iPad rather than a grown woman. And her ex-husband, you know the one who pushed her down the stairs and tried to rape her, has still keys to her apartment and walks into it like he owns the place. Like how big of a coward is the female character ? That she is afraid to ask for the keys her ex husband has  and tell him to stop showing up unannounced ?

The guy the main character is just as bad as she is. Because he goes all along with her idea of going into those secret “dates” and hide around like they are a pair of teenagers who aren’t allowed to date yet. But also the guy is said to be the Gordon Ramsay of this book, but all he does in this book is sit in his office and look at the pictures of the female character. 

The writing style in this book feels like it was written by a the most girly teenager who thinks that she has her life figured out even when its clear for everyone reading this book thats the opposite.

I have nothing good to say about this book (nor about Colleen Hoover as an author in general) other than dont read this book or any of Colleen Hoover’s books because they aren’t worth the money spend on them and even less worthy of the time you will spend reading. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Gulliver’s Travels” By Jonathan Swift Review

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Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters – with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and the brutish Yahoos – give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift’s savage satire view mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

I gotta admit that this book didn’t work for me, even thou I read a lot of good things about this book on Goodreads. But after reading this book I need to say that this book is slightly overhyped for me personally. 

This book has a intriguing premise for the plot. Since we follow the main characters’s fantastical in a way voyages to really weird and strange places and we get to see his encounters with some very strange societies which would make the FreeMasons blush if they read this book. 

But after having read this book, I need to be honest here and say that the plot felt very tedious and overly lengthy. Because it would drag a lot at times because of the very long elaborate descriptions and intricate political commentary. Which really made take a few breaks from this book while reading it. 

At times the plot comes off as convoluted and detracting because of the narrative’s overdone enjoyment of the plot in this book.

There are times when this book feels very heavy-handed and preachy because of all the critiques about human nature and society the plot chimes with every so often. And because of this, the book feels like it is trying to give moral lessons to the readers.

As I’ve said above, this book has a tendency to drag a lot at times, which really makes the book feel boring and uninteresting. Thats what happened to me while reading this book.

The characters in this book aren’t as good as I expected them to be. The reason why I’m saying this is because I felt like all of the characters in this book were simply tools for the authors ideas for how the book should be like rather than the characters having their own personalities and having things which would make them relatable to the readers. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Fifty Shades Darker” By E.L. James Review

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Daunted by the singular sexual tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven, and demanding Fifty Shades. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront her anger and envy of the women who came before her and make the most important decision of her life. Erotic, sparkling and suspenseful, Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.

With this book I’m done with this series, I cant take it anymore because the more books I read in this series the more I suffer.

The writing style gets even more worse than in the previous books in this series. And I was so foolish to thing that a writing style in the first book couldn’t get any worse but in this book “the insufferable writing style” gets a whole new level added to the ranks.

After reading this book I really found out the series I will hate the most in my life. And of course the winner here is this series. You cant write anything worse than this series. Because this series is the benchmark of anything bad in world.

The plot in this book is so insufferable. With each chapter you go deeper into this book the more torture this book brings you and the more ridiculous it becomes. And yes I gotta admit that I DNF-ed this book after reading 250 pages of this book.

The characters in this book are so cartoonish that it really makes this book to a parody of a book. All the characters are so cringy and the dialogs between Christian Gray and Anastasia Steel is so far fetched and lame as fuck. 

I personally think that a grade school kid would be able to write much better dialogs and characters than what we get in this book.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Rattlesnakes” By Stephen King Review

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King said: “I just wrote a long story called ‘Rattlesnakes.’ And it involves, at one part, twins who are only four years old… falling into a rattlesnake pit. And the snakes get ’em. It’s a terrible scene… This novella that I’ve just written, ‘Rattlesnakes’… is actually a sequel to Cujo.”

This short story is a part of the “You like it darker” book which is a collection of short stories.

This short story is very boring and uninteresting.

The plot in none existing in this short story. Because it feels like Stephen King had written this short story without any plan for the short story. 

The writing style in this short story doesn’t even feel like something written by Stephen King.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Laurie” By Stephen King Review

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Short story about a widower and an unwanted dog, foisted on him by his sister.

This short story is a part of the “You like it darker” book which is a collection of short stories.

This short story is very boring and uninteresting.

The plot in none existing in this short story. Because it feels like Stephen King had written this short story without any plan for the short story. 

The writing style in this short story doesn’t even feel like something written by Stephen King.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Red Screen” By Stephen King Review

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In this unsettling short story, a cop interrogates a deranged plumber who just murdered his wife, only to discover something far more insidious.

This short story is a part of the “You like it darker” book which is a collection of short stories.

This short story is very boring and uninteresting.

The plot in none existing in this short story. Because it feels like Stephen King had written this short story without any plan for the short story. 

The writing style in this short story doesn’t even feel like something written by Stephen King.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“The Turbulence Expert” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is a part of the “You like it darker” book which is a collection of short stories.

This short story is very boring and uninteresting.

The plot in none existing in this short story. Because it feels like Stephen King had written this short story without any plan for the short story. 

The writing style in this short story doesn’t even feel like something written by Stephen King.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“On Slide Inn Road” By Stephen King Review

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It was supposed to be a family road trip to visit an aging relative. Then the car got stuck in a muddy rut and, well – these things never turn out well, do they? The legendary architect of your worst nightmares delivers another shocking short story you won’t soon forget.

This short story is a part of the “You like it darker” book which is a collection of short stories.

This short story is very boring and uninteresting.

The plot in none existing in this short story. Because it feels like Stephen King had written this short story without any plan for the short story. 

The writing style in this short story doesn’t even feel like something written by Stephen King.

I Give This Book 1 / 5