A Book Lover's Bookish Thoughts: June 2020

Friday, June 26, 2020

Review: Rich Prick

Rich Prick by Tijan
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

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Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Dishing Up Love by K.D. Robichaux
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Note: An ARC was provided generously in exchange for an honest review.

GOd this novel! This novel made my whole damn week, and I couldn't stop smiling afterwards.

Damn, I miss Curtis and Erin so much already..

Anyway, let me tell you why I found this novel, the most amazing thing ever after chocolate.

1. The writing - pretty fast paced, and so smooth, I loved every minute of it. Thoroughly invested, and never even bored for once. No grammar problems, totally a smooth ride.

2. The characters - Loved being able to relate to the characters - Erin was a psychologist and she loved helping others (also had her own reasons why for helping them) and I so could relate to it, for one thing - I always wanted to be a psychologist, to be able to bring someone a smile on their face, and help them through their problems, and I could even connect with her insecurities too, sigh..insecurities are a thing that stick with you, no matter the age. But I loved her. Curtis was a perfect book boyfriend honestly, such a caring, charming sweetheart, god I so wished he was real, and like my age, I'd have loved hanging around him. Plus the way he understood her problems and helped break down her walls - fucking beautiful, it was. Sigh..

Totally love these two. Moving along..

3. The chemistry and the sweet scenes - The chemistry, damn it was scorching, I swear I thought my kindle was burning (thank god it wasn't), it was so darn good and steamy..mmm, loved it all.

And the sweet scenes - he was just so frickin wonderful, and she was such a total cutie. Goddamn, my heart feels so good.

They were so bloody done right, no one dimensional bullcrap, y'all. It was all perfection.

I loved it all. And I am so excited to try the rest of the author's books in the future.

Until the next room,

TMR

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Review: The Chestnut Man

The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Warning: Gory scenes (mutilation, murder discussions), child molestation, rape, child pornography, violence, sexual violence, some sexual discussion, child abuse, abduction, most characters being extremely evil. This is not for the faint of heart. Read at your own discretion.

The novel had started off great - brilliant writing, tons of action, the pacing was fast, and confusion was in the midst too.

But still great. Then the middle part comes in.

The middle part - confusion, heck loads of it. Too many long scenes, irrelevant most of the time.

But luckily, the end made all the difference to my original rating.

The end -explaining everything confusing to the reader, adding a nice little bow to summarise and tie it up all just right.

Really loved the end for those reasons.

It is a truly complex and emotionally mind boggling read, but if you're the right audience for it, it will be worth it.

Enjoy, if you read it.

Until the next read,

TMR