Nishta Reddy > Recent Status Updates

3 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
hope to be back in the audiobook and running grind. reminds me how amazing the original trilogy is. glad i read before the movie and love haymitch in the og movie. i just don’t think this explores anything different than the original trilogy (which also did it better)

3 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
love her chemistry and prose but the love interests are just sooooo unrealistic - espeicall in a novella - like he pining over hella. maybe bc my bf lowk nonchalanter than the typical male love interests things like this where they go over and become creepy (and they both were in relationships!!!) really takes me even more out of it.

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
always interesting to read a book on twins. lowk all i got to say. cool themes and premise and insights.

so back never left

4.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
i can see myself rereading this book and getting more out of it, which is also unusual. all of these accumulate to this just being a very special book. so glad im in my heavy reading phase rn. reminded me that when i feel like i have nothing, i’ll of course always have books 😊😊😊 (3/3)

4.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
i can vividly relate to the way he observes social dynamics, especially the younger the characters were. can’t believe a man wrote this, i just felt so connected to the type of writing i assumed had to be a woman.

4.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
i haven’t given this high of a rating much less to an audiobook (!!) for so long. i even downloaded the epub so i could read in not audio settings. i absolutely adored the narration. with the prevalence of AI, i have even more appreciation for clever writing. the author captures moments in people’s head so well.

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
going between 3.5 and 4 stars bc a lot of this book didn’t matter but it really was written well, towards the end i was really gripped onto the mystery and finding what happened. not that it gives much clues. so nice reading a physical book (and one ok taylor swift has read lol)

3 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
learned a lot
i luv therapy

left this book for a week and i’ve lowkenuinely forgotten who everyone is

2.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟
i’ve come to terms with while i consider myself an avid reader, that doesn’t necessarily mean i need to love classics. at 22, most of the reason they’re on my to-read is because of the discussion behind them (ex: legend of galactic heroes w anime). i LIKE popular things, if the majority of people are vouching for it, it’s prob good. these characters were boring and im born in 2004 so

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
very thought provoking. the comment about how we wear make up/dress up is for others. i used to vehemently disagree but shes right, if it was just me would be most comfortable and love myself as normal. glad i read!

3.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
most inappropriate kiss location since the anne frank house in TFIOS. liked it enough but the romance was sometimes unrealistic, hate as im getting older there’s certain types of tropey romance that only appealed to be before college and i got into real relationships :/

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
bumped it up .5 stars due to greek mythology, one of my earliest loves and something i'll always be fascinated to. i didnt know what happened to ariadne after theseus which is so ironic. i didnt expect this story to have lots to say after him as well. it was so weird seeing Dionysus be normal...in my head he'll mainly be Mr. D

3.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
SO GLAD i’m back w physical books!! felt a little too insta lovey and unrealistically cliche. still good romance writing that made me want to read more. AJ is an interesting author for me, but i’ll usually give her a chance

3 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
audio was a much better way of reading this. at times i would rate this very low bc it really is just her opinion like she said in her own GR review. but some parts of this really spoke to me, and brought me back to my middle school feminist era lmao i want to read more on feminism, i don’t think this is the best it could be done

2.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟
longer than i would like. i love normal people and its focus on the romance between them 2. while her writing is amazing, her other plots haven’t been able to capture me as engrossingly. prob will still need her next novel lol

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
not as thriller as the title/cover suggests. i feel like this would be a great tv show compared to tell me lies. was debating 3.5 but i did keep wanting to know what happened even tho after being in college...it's never that serious. took me back to the dysfunctional friendgroup books (neverworld wake, if we were villians, etc)

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
i had such a soft spot for molly. so weird how they never gave her any labels...it felt like bad representation when the white "normal" characters had to save the day. hard to listen at parts bc i wanted everything to be okay. the final reveal was odd imo, not necessary. with my comflicted feelings almost a 3.5 but finished in like a day so 4 Stars

1.5 Stars!!! 🌟
literally didn’t give a gaf and would’ve DNF if it wasn’t audio and just listened while climbing or doing stuff. love the greek gods aspect - which wasn’t a lot. i’ve tried picking it up sm times and i get why i never stuck w it

sunk costs but i just dont care, the concept seems cool and i love LB but other than Soc and CK (which are absolutely amazing), she hasn't really been good

3 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
absolutely loving my audiobook phase and goal orientation of 2026!! read bc same name as one of my favs and once when i recommended it to a friend she read this instead. cool concept but a little hard to follow and also i didn’t care abt some of the stories here. sci fi has never been my thing

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
so important and so sad. i love how john’s writing always makes me feel so much. it’s so sad and i feel so helpless at how corrupt so many things are.

3.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
since it’s an autobiography, i can forgive it to be reeking of rich white women priv ledge. some of her life is what i imagined adulthood with be of crazy adventures and drugs which isn’t my reality. her stuff about losing love hit

3.5 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟
i cant listen to romance novels lol glad ill always want to still read! the MMC feels sooo stereotypical but it is short

4 Stars!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
loveee the concept the ending is a bit odd with the cheating and all, would’ve liked more of a midnight library vibe of the MC discovering things, not breaking up marriages lol