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Re-reading 12 March 2026. Read for the 1st time in 2022. Naively thinking things could not possibly get worse after barely surviving a global pandemic, lockdown and 1 Trump regime. Only to find that I am living in a dystopian 2nd Trump regime whose, quite frankly, utterly bonkers policies affect even me here in France. I can’t begin to imagine being a minority group in America today, under Trump’s regime

DNF’ing this book at 77%. It has Ben a colossal slog to get this far and how I have read it for 5 hours a day to get this feels like a minor catastrophe for me. I can no longer be arsed. I’ll read the ending spoilers on Reddit and bid this rambling tome au revoir pour toujours

I really need something to start happening in this book. The blurb is so promising and right up my alley, but I’m hovering on the DNF button. Please don’t let me down

When does this book start please? I feel like I am reading a 1£ year old’s daily diary entries

I’m definitely struggling to find one redeeming quality in any of the 3 main characters. The wife is a selfish, self absorbed narcissist. The husband is a pretentious and boorish academic snob and their teenage son definitely needs to learn some basic good manners, respect and boundaries

I genuinely thought I had read this because I enjoy the author so I was a bit surprised to see a friend reading it and noticed I had not *starred* it or marked as read. Keen to get into it

Reading this book set in 1950’s Apartheid South Africa as it’s about to go into production as a film.

I see I read this book in 2020 & in 2022. I always enjoy Blake Crouch and with ‘Dark Matter’ debuting on Apple TV to an absolutely brilliant first 2 episodes, I decided to re-read the book a 3rd time

I’d been raised by my Gen X Princess Di crazy mum to think of the queen mother as a snobby, racist lush. TBF, she probably was all those things. But if some of the revelations in this book are factual (no spoilers) I may have a slightly better understanding of the late queen mother and, dare I say, a teeny tiny smidgeon of empathy

Ironically this book is about a mother who hasn’t slept at all in the last 365 days since her little boy mysteriously vanished. I can’t seem to get past 3 pages without dropping off to sleep like I’d taken a cocktail of benzos, opioids and sleeping tablets together with a bottle of wine

I read this book when the original movie with Daniel Craig and a young Rooney Mara came out (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) I re-watched the film recently on one of the streaming services and decided to re-read the trilogy. The 2nd movie - this book that I’m currently reading - with Claire Foy (The Queen in ‘The Crown’) taking over from Rooney Mara was shockingly bad. Sometimes books are best

Ok, I have just started and 2 things are significantly apparent to me

1. If you read Finding Freedom or Spare, you have read this book

2. This book has definitely been co-written with or in direct collaboration between The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Mr Scobie

I’ve just finished part one of this story. I now understand that it doesn’t follow a linear narrative. And I’m somewhat confused. Putting this on hold for now.

WTAF am I reading. No wonder all the glowing 4 & 5 star reviews are from ARC’s & NetGalley. I think this could be a DNF. It’s a convoluted mess. The story jumps around from multiple people’s POV — in one chapter (the author doesn’t even allow for a different POV per chapter) So you have up to 8 different POV’s in one chapter and never know whose POV you are reading. Frustrating & confusing

How delicious to hang onto every single word and not let my eyes flit over my kindle screen. Today, so much of what passes for literature, is derivative, formulaic and requires almost no effort on my behalf.

This imbecile actually compares his books and himself to ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ and JRR Tolkien. You useless twat. The ego on this shitstain

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrl9CF3...

JFC! Just found out there’re going to be a 7th book in this series. I wish Pierce Brown would just have a normal midlife crisis, marry a 20 year old, buy a red Ferrari and get AI to write book 7. Holy crap these books are soooo bad

JFC. Is the author secretly shilling peach ice tea to make a few extra quid because her writing is so abysmal? If I have to read about about this female student doctor and her blasted peach ice tea once more, I’m going to throw a perfectly good Kindle across the room.

Another Kindle Unlimited recommendation. Very low expectations. I’ll probably finish it in 3 hours

Almost half way through. But I just don’t know if I can carry on. JFC what an insufferable jealous, petulant, bitter man-child. Cry me a freaking river. Part of me hates leaving a book unfinished but I’m so over this self-righteous, pretentious, snobby arsehole. What a wanker. If nothing else, I’m 100% certain he reads absolutely everything about himself in the media. He even addresses his holey shoes FFS

I remember seeing the name Brock Turner accompanied by a colour photograph of a pasty skinned college jock plastered all over social media. At the time, I initially thought Brock Turner was perhaps the culprit in a mass school shooting in America. I didn’t *grasp* that his crime was much closer to home. That he was what every women’s worst nightmare is.

Starting this book with much apprehension after reading all the disappointed reviews. I felt like Ready Player 1 did not warrant a sequel. But I’ll give it a 100 pages ONLY because I do enjoyed RP1