But anyway, to the wrap up! Some of these, you've already seen me talk about before because I talked about them in my Booktube-a-thon wrap-up so apologies for the repetition. Thanks to reading mostly Audiobooks and short stuff, I actually ended up reading quite a bit!
I did a full review of this book here so I won't talk a lot about it but I thought there was a lot of potential here but there's just so much more I wanted out of this book. I did still enjoy it but, as a whole, there was a lot that felt underdeveloped that I hope will be more fleshed out in the following novels. I gave this book a 3/5 stars.
This was a really fun and solid first volume to a comic series that I think has a lot of potential. The characters are really compelling and it gave me a similar vibe to the new Young Avengers (which I loved a lot, if you didn't know). I gave it 4/5 stars.
This book was honestly beautiful. I'm not a big poetry reader so to have enjoyed this one as much as I did is a huge testament to it. Would 100% recommend. I gave it a 4/5 stars.
I wish I could say I enjoyed this one as much as the first volume but I was left sorely disappointed by it. The plot barely developed and there wasn't enough of fun and enjoyability in the rest of it to keep me entertained. I gave it 2/5 stars.
Whatever lull that occurred in volume 2 disappears in this volume and it comes right back to the quality and energy of the first volume. I enjoyed it so much more. I gave this 4/5 stars. (These are such quick reads so I'm sorry I don't have much to say about them.)
Oh man, tear my heart to pieces and then leave it to die. That would've been less painful than this book. But it was pain in the best way. I've been wanting to read this for so long. I didn't think it was quite as good as I wanted it to be but it was still really, really good. The first 100 or so pages were essentially perfect in my books. It dragged a bit in the middle but I was just so invested in the Patroclus and Achilles that I loved even the slow moments. I hope to write a full review one day to get out all my feelings. I gave it 4/5 stars.
I decided to just give a bulk review of these because they're so short. I absolutely adore the movies of these books and have wanted to give the books a go for ages. Once I realised the audiobooks for these were on Overdrive, I had to give them a shot. And since they were audiobooks, it was way easier for me to read them. I particularly enjoyed these first 3 books because they were narrated by Anne Hathaway and it was perfect. They're really easy, quick reads and they're just a lot of fun and humour. Basically, they're not anything to be taken too seriously and I think it's harder to read them as an older person (because it really is like being in a 14yo's head) but they're still pretty great either way. I gave them all 3/5 stars.
This was a required weekly reading for one of my Uni classes so I wasn't really expecting much (also, it's quite short). But I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It essentially follows the day-to-day of a man dying but it's so interesting. I gave it 4/5 stars.
This is such a cheat to be included. The story is 4 pages. But it was really good and blew my mind a bit for such a short piece. I gave it 4/5 stars.
This book was a major case of setting my expectations way too high. I've tried to avoid doing this too much but I just couldn't help it with this one. I kept seeing so many people giving it good reviews so who could blame me for expecting some level of epicness? And by no means was this book bad, it's just I had been lead to believe it would be so much more. It was really interesting, the art was really pleasing to look at and the MC was very relatable but I just couldn't deem what everyone else had found so outstanding from this graphic novel. I gave it a 3.5/5 stars.
So, there we go! 12 books! Not too bad if I do say so myself. Don't expect a wrap up anywhere near this long for September, though, haha. Also, I won't be doing a September TBR because it just seems arbitrary at this point.
Anyway, I'm sure you all don't want to be asked about what you read in August so, what are you guys reading at the moment? Anything good or are you having to push yourself through it (hopefully not!)? I've just started Queen of Shadows and I'm trying to savour every moment :P Let me know what you're reading in the comments!
Until next time!
- Jess, xxx
