Sarah Evermotion's Book Thoughts
A Reading Journal
Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!TL;DR: Do not recommend Plot: All over the place, frankly thin without the unnecessary fluff of pages of pages of science and anti-establishment rambling Characters: HorribleSetting: Interesting, if not over doom filledScience Fiction: Interesting ideas but betrayed in the end by a clear manipulation of logic Thoughts: The... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley & the Publisher - Thank you!TL;DR: An incredibly intense but beautifully written first book in a new series with some old favorite characters - Cannot recommend it enough! Plot: What feels like an easy plot becomes more complicated till it ties into our characters past in some ingenious ways.Characters: Very flawed, very interesting... Continue Reading →
Source: Netgalley, thank you to the publisherTL;DR: That's going to be a no from me boss. Plot: All over the placeCharacters: Three women who all end up feeling very similarSetting: Not important in the leastMagic: I mean, it's a eldritch horror apocalypse but as far as 'magic' goes it's vague and predictable in style. CWs:... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!TL;DR: Fantastic vignette style SF story about finding lost love in a post-apocalyptic world! Plot: Told through short stories so the overall plot is cohesive but the micro plot is per storyCharacters: Diverse and weird and wonderful, I really enjoyed how each of them represented a different view... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley via the Publisher - thank you!TL;DR: Miss this. So heavy handed it suffocated any chance at a good story. Plot: A deeply anxious and panic riddled young girl gets tangled between two ridiculous 'plots'. It's so thin and unbelievable it's hard to describe.Characters: Embodiment of panic and fear and embodiment of awkward 'truly... Continue Reading →
Source: Netgalley, many thanks to the pubsliher!!TL; DR: Not for me. The characters in this were flatter than cardboard. I sincerely loved the ideas here but I couldn't handle those characters. Plot: The plot in this felt like it had some really 'important things' to say but was lost in the noiseCharacters: Pick up a... Continue Reading →
June was a small reading month for me. I didn't read a whole lot, but I had a few good things to read. Unfortunately I also had more than I normally have that was either a complete miss or a very meh read. I don't know if there was anything I read that I'd like... Continue Reading →
The Only Plane in the Sky : An Oral History of 9/11 by Garret M. Graff Source : Library BookTL:DR : Hits hard, but is very important Thoughts: Even know, weeks later, this book is lingering on my mind. This is one of those few really heavy and hard books that I think everyone should... Continue Reading →
The second part of May was... romance heavy so gird your loins (see what I did there?). First Comes Scandal by Julia Quin was my first read and honestly I found it... lukewarm? I can barely remember anything about it and I certainly couldn't tell you much more than the summary will give you. So... Continue Reading →
I felt like May was… a gaping hole in my memory. The month flew by and I barely remember a lot of what I did and read. June has been, well we all know how much of a mess June has been, but May was a special kind of strange for me. Books I should... Continue Reading →
Sarah Evermotion's Book Thoughts 