Book Reviews
DNF Mini Reviews: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and Second Lives by P.D. Caek
If you've been around Reader Voracious for awhile you will know that I typically leave my DNF reviews to Goodreads because they are not usually long enough to warrant a full post on their own. But as a reader I value negative reviews just as much as positive ones in determining what books to pick up, so I thought I'd include the occasional mini review post to round up my thoughts. Please remember that these reviews are based on my own personal reading experience! No two readers read the same book: just because a book wasn't for me doesn't mean that you will not enjoy it. I've actually picked up and enjoyed books that received negative reviews because we all have different reading tastes.
The Phantom Forest by Liz Kerin
Interview with Liz Kerin Novel19 Class
Friends, I loved reading this debut fantasy novel so much! The Phantom Forest has all the ingredients that I live for in a good story: rich worldbuilding with an emphasis on religion and lyrical writing that sucked me in on the first page. This is a dark, gruesome, and bloody story that won't be for everyone so please do check the content warnings at the bottom of the review."In this place meant for the dead, she finally felt the weight of life, of connection, of eternity. Nothing was ever lost."
I had so many questions while reading this book, but not in a bad way if that makes sense. The world the Kerin crafted for us is so intricately disturbing that it is like a car wreck that we cannot look away from. Who are these people? What are they being punished for? The worldbuilding is both slow and all at once as the reader is thrust into the deep end of the world but never given too much at any given time. I was hungry for more much like the Savage hungers.Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi
Hello, world and welcome to my review of Girl Gone Viral as part Penguin's Blog Tour! I was so excited to be able to read and share my thoughts on this book with you all. Girl Gone Viral is a fantastic coming of age contemporary that includes technology that really roots itself into how tech and social media are a big part of growing up today.