Monday’s Not Coming Book Review

Monday’s Not Coming was a chilly story. The moment I started reading, I was hooked, I started the book yesterday and finished today. The storyline was that interesting to hook me in. However, the timeline that Tiffany D. Jackson used was confusing. There was a “The Before”, “The After”, and “One Year Before The Before”. I had a hard time figuring out which one was Claudia’s past with Monday and which was the present where Monday is missing. At the end of the story, I really love the plot twist, I really did not see it coming. It was sad to read about Monday’s home life and also how no one noticed that she was missing, but people noticed when Claudia was out for an hour. But that is the difference between having people who love vs. people who really don’t care. Tiffany D. Jackson really shined a light on child abuse and can help when no one really cares/pay attention. I would recommend this book to anyone to read, they might like it. 5 stars 🙂

As Old As Time (Twisted Tales #2)

As Old as Time was a wonderful read. It was interesting a new cool different version of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. I read this book is because my best friend told me how good they were, and the description sounded interesting enough for me to read it. I would recommend reading this book if you like fantasy, Disney, and different storytelling. 5 stars

The Goldfinch Book Review

I just want to say that I had high expectations because it felt like everyone was talking about this book and I saw the movie trailer, so I had to read it. But now I regret reading this book. Oh gosh!! Where do I start…? Ok, 1) I don’t understand this book won the Pulitzer Prize and 2) how everyone is giving this book 5 stars (5 STARS!!!) and 3) it was way way too long for my taste. I was not drawn in once I started reading The Goldfinch. Like way too long for my taste. The Goldfinch is 771 pages of randomness!!! After chapters 1 and 2, the story just kept dragging on and on, it was not going anywhere!! There were too many unnecessary sentences that Donna Tartt did not need to add in. For example:

“Free delivery and set up,” the television was saying. “Be sure and ask about our six months’ free financing.”

“Vegas 99, serving up the Eighties and Nineties,” said the fast, excited voice on the radio. “And here’s Pat Benatar coming up for you, in our Ladies of the Eighties Lapdance Lunch.”

The main character, Theo, was so annoying to me. Ok, honestly, all the characters were annoying to me that I would not feel bad if anything bad happened to them. In the first chapters, I felt bad for him, only because he lost his mom in a terrorist bombing at an art museum. Also, there was too much cursing for me. I have a limit of cursing that I can handle, this book went above mine limit. Donna Tartt seems like a well-written author, but she is just not my cup of tea. When she writes, she gave too many details. She told us (the readers), instead of showing us. The book was word diarrhea. I just wanted the book to end! 😣 I probably won’t ever read another book by her again. I would NOT recommend this book AT ALL!! Even though I won’t recommend it, you guys might like it or not, but you have been warned lol. 🤷🏾‍♀️ p.s. if you do read it, I suggest that you guys listen to it on a audio book, that is what I did. 1★star

Divergent Book Review

I always wanted to read this book, now this year I finally read it!! When I read the first page of Divergent, I was already hooked! I really liked Beatrice “Tris” as the main character, mostly because she was not annoying like other main characters I have read before. Divergent was an interesting and wonderful read. I really loved it! My two favorite characters are Tris and Four. Veronica Roth did a good job on this book, this first book I read by her. I would recommend this book to anyone because it has romance and action, if they are not into the lovey dovey types of books. 5★stars