Jocardea

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  • Currently meine ungelesenen Bücher am abarbeiten. Sind ja nur so um die 230. Sollte nicht so lange dauern…

  • In good

    We continue right where we left off in „Fable“. Fable has been kidnapped and brought on to the Luna, where she meets old friends and/or foes that make her sail away from West and her crew and into the Unnamed Sea.

    I love how Adrienne Young writes the atmosphere of uncertainty when it comes to trust. Whether it‘s a new aquaintance or an old „friend“. There‘s this wariness whether you as reader alongside Fable should trust them or not. But like every human, Fable yearns for the safety of trusting someone. Which continues to be a topic in this book. Who can she trust?

    In this second part I got more of the feeling that this is a YA novel. It fell into a little more YA clichés and antics of how the characters speak and think, and how it tried to end the built up story. In the end it was still a very satisfying ending and better than other YA novels I‘ve read.

    The last paragraph, though. That was so cheesy. 🥴

    And another thing that I noticed in this one: West‘s hair gets mentioned a lot. For some reason.

    But other than that I still really enjoyed the journey of the characters I‘ve met.

  • In Will read this again and again

    I loved how it almost directly jumped into action. Just like the character(s) you have no idea what‘s happening but are eager to find out. 😃

    The characters alone made this book so much fun to read. Who can you trust? Who‘s friend, who‘s foe? The mystery of everything. Exactly what I like. And despite it being inspired by the widely known King Arthur Legend I had no idea what direction it was going to take and will take in the sequels.

    It takes some time and patience to get into the hierarchy system, but even if you don‘t fully understand it‘s okay. I didn‘t fully get it and tried not to get too caught up in trying to understand and instead just to enjoy the story. And that worked for me.

    The author working her experience of racism into the book was done well and added a very real aspect to the story.

    The ending… the ending was intense to read. a joy.

    I saw someone describing the romantic aspect of the story as „love triangle“. I see why and but in my opinion it‘s not. And after that ending I think it can‘t be like that due to the rules that were mentioned in the story. But rules can always be broken…

    I generally hope the author will create a more intricate relationship than just a love triangle. I see the potential for a different kind of relationship than the usual and I hope it will be used.

  • In Cozy Magical Read

    What a joy to read. From beginning to end.

    The book has an easy flow and gets you lost in the dynamics of the characters and the intricacies of the magic and the world(s) until the plot kind of explodes onto you (at least that‘s how I perceived it).

    The characters are quite lovable in their own flawed way. I could relate to a bunch of them.

    I really enjoyed reading the climax and ending. It made me want to reread the whole book again.

    If you liked the movie give the book a shot but with the expectation in mind that things will be different. In good way.

  • In Solid

    To prevent her sister‘s death, Ning has no choice but to participate in the kingdom‘s competition to find the best shennong-shi-master of the kingdom. But the magical art of tea-making won’t be her only challenge.

    This novel made me realize that I am slowly growing out of YA. I felt like I’ve read this story before in a different variation.

    The one storyline that felt very typical for a YA book and that I couldn‘t care much about was with the MC and that one boy. They meet early, trust is built, sparks of love, etc.

    However: While reading I did feel how much the author cares about her culture and the role tea has in it. I really enjoyed those moments and would love to learn more about it. In the second book as well as further research done by myself.

    So, I was a little sad when the MC couldn‘t perform her tea magic as often as I wished. I would‘ve loved to read more about that and be enchanted by it.

    Over all I’d still say I liked the book. And the covers are just gorgeous! So beautiful.

    Someone else who is closer in the target age range might like this book even more.

    (side note: who was responsible for the german secondary title? horrible. it makes me mad)

  • In Will read again and again

    I‘ve read the english version (which I can‘t find anymore on here. NOTE: I could find it again and posted the same review but I will keep this one as well), so this review is in english.

    I loved how it almost directly jumped into action. Just like the character(s) you have no idea what‘s happening but are eager to find out. 😃

    The characters alone made this book so much fun to read. Who can you trust? Who‘s friend, who‘s foe? The mystery of everything. Exactly what I like. And despite it being inspired by the widely known King Arthur Legend I had no idea what direction it was going to take and will take in the sequels.

    It takes some time and patience to get into the hierarchy system, but even if you don‘t fully understand it‘s okay. I didn‘t fully get it and tried not to get too caught up in trying to understand and instead just to enjoy the story. And that worked for me.

    The author working her experience of racism into the book was done well and added a very real aspect to the story.

    The ending… the ending was intense to read. a joy.

    I saw someone describing the romantic aspect of the story as „love triangle“. I see why and but in my opinion it‘s not. And after that ending I think it can‘t be like that due to the rules that were mentioned in the story. But rules can always be broken…

    I generally hope the author will create a more intricate relationship than just a love triangle. I see the potential for a different kind of relationship than the usual and I hope it will be used.

  • In Firelight? Twilight!

    Joa, ich habe nicht die weltbewegendste Geschichte erwartet, zumal ich sie schon einmal gelesen habe. Dieser Reread war als „sehr leichte Lektüre für zwischendurch“ gedacht. Und viel mehr wollte dieses Buch auch nicht sein

    Dennoch kann ich dem Buch nicht mehr als 2.25/5 geben.

    Der grösste Grund sind die zahlreichen Übereinstimmungen mit Twilight. Man könnte fast sagen, es wäre ein Twilight Abklatsch. Es gibt aber dann doch noch genügend Unterschiede.

    Hier alle Ähnlichkeiten die ich zu Twilight gefunden habe (aka Spoiler):

    Die Liste ist nicht chronologisch. MC = Main character (Hauptcharakter)

    • ein Umzug in eine klimatisch komplett andere Gegend im Vergleich zur „Heimat“.
    • Neue Highschool, auf der mehrere (3-5) Jungs am MC interessiert sind.
    • es gibt eine düstere, geheimnisvolle Familie, die häufig in der Schule fehlt.
    • einer in dieser Familie, ist besonders interessant, weil er mit niemandem redet, der nicht zu seiner Familie gehört. Er ist natürlich auch hübsch und Love Interest #1.
    • unser MC ist magisch von ihm angezogen. Er von ihr auch.
    • er rettet sie vor dem sicheren Tod.
    • sie rettet ihn vor dem sicheren Tod.
    • er sagt ihr, er und seine Familie seien gefährlich und sie solle sich von ihnen fernhalten.
    • auch wenn sie sich der Gefahr bewusst ist (mehr oder wenig, ist gern leicht vergessen), will sie ihm nah sein. Er ist wie eine Droge für sie. Sie fühlt sich lebendiger in seiner Nähe.
    • Love Interest #1 taucht unangemeldet mitten in der Nacht bei ihr Zuhause auf.
    • „Jäger verliebt sich in seine Beute“
    • es gibt einen zweiten besitzergreifenden „Alpha“-Typ, der zwingend die Meinung unseres MCs ändern will, weil er fest davon überzeugt ist, das er recht hat. 
    • dieser „Alpha“-Typ, den MC bereits seit kleinauf kennt, will mehr von ihr/wird Love Interest #2 werden. Aber eigentlich ist schon jetzt klar, dass Love Interest #1 der einzig Wahre ist. (bei Firelight weiss ich es nicht, habe Buch 3 noch nicht gelesen). 
      Bei Firelight gibt es immerhin eine Schlägerei zwischen love interest 1 & 2. Das passiert leider nicht bei Twilight.

    Weiter hätten diverse Beschreibungen, die sich teilweise mehrmals wiederholten, mit Charakter- und Beziehungsentwicklungen ausgetauscht werden können. Manchmal hatte ich das Gefühl, eine Menge verpasst zu haben was die Gefühlswelt der Charaktere angeht.

    Das Thema des Drache-sein, wurde bisher auch kaum behandelt. In diesem ersten Buch ging es vor allem darum, davon wegzukommen.

    Alles in allem, war es ein richtiger Teenie-Schmöker. Und genau wie mit Twilight macht es Spass sich darüber ein bisschen aufzuregen. Und genau richtig für etwas leichtes zwischendurch.

  • In I‘m glad she‘s glad

    This book appeared nearly everywhere on my social media in form of interview snippets of Jennette reading parts of the book. Those added to the provoking title and cover, and made it just the more interesting.

    Jennette McCurdy, to me mostly known as Samantha „Sam“ Puckett from iCarly and Sam & Cat. Two shows from my child- and early teenagehood. To even think that this person on my screen struggled with all the things she‘s describing is „rose-coloured glasses“ breaking.

    It was interesting to read Jennette’s point of view of her career in acting as well as her family situation. She managed to explain her emotions and her situations in an easy to understand way. They felt very real. Which added to the heaviness of some parts.

    In the end I still had some questions. But the amount she decided to share with the public is already enough.

    Definitely check the content warnings before reading!

  • In A full course meal

    How the story, the characters, the world with its history and people are written is just wonderful. Very thought through and well woven into each other. I ate it up with no traces left.

    The language style intimidated me a little with its words and sentence building but it wasn‘t too hard to understand once I got into it.

    I don‘t know what more to say. There‘s a lot I could say but I feel like I would spoil you and take away the joy of exploring the story.

    But maybe some tips: take your time, don’t read any other books at the same time and most of all: enjoy the read.

  • In Not the horror I expected

    After „Horrorstör“ this is the second book I‘ve read by Grady Hendrix. I really enjoyed „Horrorstör“, it was interesting, the characters worked and it built up a few tense scenes. Over all it felt like reading a mediocre horror film.

    But this novel lacked the thrill.

    Plot: After Gretchen disappeared for a whole night after skinny dipping she starts to act unlike her and looks worse and worse. But no one seems to really care except her best friend Abby…

    The true horror in this book were the adults and society in general. And to me it seemed like the author tried to point that out in an interesting way but it didn‘t really work and felt forced. And I just got mad. Not what I want to be when reading a horror novel.

    In other reviews I read that the exorcism part is a pretty typical one. Good to know I don‘t enjoy books with exorcisms.

    And another thing: at the end of pretty much every chapter were those „deep, something just has changed and it gets underlined by this sentence“ kind of sentences like: „She didn‘t know it was the beginning of the end“

    I don‘t know if those were style choices based on how horror novels were written in the 80‘s (the time the novel plays in) or if I just didn‘t like the style.

  • In Like the sea

    When Fable was 13 she was abandoned by her father on an island barely anyone has ever managed to leave again. But she is determined to get back to the mainland and to her father…

    The experience I had with this book was like the sea. Sometimes wild, fast and stormy, sometimes calm, beautiful and sparkly, but always moving and full of mysteries.

    Every character we meet seems to have a million untold secrets and can‘t be trusted. Still you can‘t help but like some of them.

    At the beginning I also was a little afraid there was gonna be a love story that‘d take up most of the space but there wasn‘t. Still there‘s love of all kind. 😃

    I‘m excited for the second part. 🙂

  • In Interessantes Konzept, mässig gut geschrieben

    2.5 von 5 ⭐️

    Die Themen in diesem Buch sind sehr geprägt von der Zeit in der es geschrieben wurde (2000er = low waist jeans, dünn sein über alles (Trigger Warning für Eating Disorder und anderes)) was nicht immer schön war zu lesen. (Wie konnte das alles Trend sein? Kollektiver Wahnsinn, I guess.)

    Besonders zu Beginn der Geschichte war der Schreibstil mühsam.

    Ein Beispiel:

    „Ich war allein, Liz. Im Gegensatz zu dir. Ich hatte niemanden, der mir half. Tut mir leid, wenn ich zynisch war, aber du darfst nicht vergessen, dass ich fast ein Jahr lang ganz auf mich allein gestellt war“

    Und diese Wiederholungen von Gefühlen oder Zuständen ziehen sich eine Weile hin. War dann nur noch nervig und verlangsamten die Story und dämpften das Lesevergnügen.

    Ansonsten empfand ich das Konzept der Geschichte als äusserst interessant. Als Geist die Ursache des eigenen Todes herausfinden… würde ich auch als Serie schauen. Aber jemand anderes müsste sie schreiben.

  • In Should've been longer

    A witch banned from the witchlands and a magic-source girl on a journey together to find the mysterious new dark witch that cursed the land? Count. Me. In.

    Unfortunately it was kinda disappointing.

    It felt like a lot was happening when reading but looking back it wasn’t. The characters and their relationships needed more development. As well as the plot itself just needed more time and pages to evolve. Because what was there was enjoyable.

    Just a 3 out of 5 ⭐ for me.

  • In Eine meiner Lieblingsreihen

    So alle drei Jahre überkommt mich das Verlangen diese ganze Reihe durchzulesen. Kann nicht mehr sagen das wievielte mal es dieses mal war.

    Es ist immer wieder schön zusammen mit Stephanie und Skulduggery die geheime magische Seite der Welt zu entdecken, Fälle zu lösen und gegen die Bösen zu kämpfen. Humor kommt dabei nicht zu kurz.

  • In I can‘t wait for the sequel!

    When Briseis and her parents learn she inherited a house from her late aunt many problems seem to be solved. But with the house, the new town & its people, and looking through the stuff of her aunt & biological mother come a lot of mysterious incidents and secrets…

    I really loved this book. The family dynamic was very sweet and the characters very loveable. It had a comfortable pace.

    The only critique I have is that the needed information fell a little too easy/quickly into Briseis hands. And I didn‘t always understand everything but I blame that on my limited english capabilities.

    If you like plants, magic, mythical stuff, and family secrets this might be the book for you. 😉

  • In Toll geschrieben, gute Idee, aber irgendwie war ich so gelangweilt...

    Habe mich genau so beim Lesen gefühlt. Es wurde so gehyped, wie emotional und schön es doch sei und dann das. 🙁 schade.

  • In Alright

    This book cover promises you: Love. Magic. Revolution.

    What you get: 30% Love. 30% Magic. 5% Revolution. 20% gambling. 15% hot air (balloons).

    The Plot:

    Paris 1789 (revolution is waiting around the corner). Camille Durbonnes parents have died from small pox, her older brother drinks and gambles and her younger sister is sick. Out of the siblings she was the only one capable to learn some magic from her mum. The maximum that magic can do is turn scraps of metal into coins. But the magic is fading and the coins transform back to metal scraps faster and faster. In the desperation of finding another way to provide for her sister she turns to dark magic her mother forbade her to use…

    In the end this book just felt like the build up for the show down that will happen in the sequel. Historically it was very accurate how the situation was in Paris (and Versailles) right before the French Revolution. Most of the characters are likeable, though I couldn‘t always understand the decisions Camille made. By far my favourite character was Rosier (hope nothing will happen to him in the sequel (although that would be very in character for him)). The plot and writing felt medium to slow paced.

    I will still be reading the sequel… some day, maybe.

    A quote I liked (by Rosier): „Don‘t mind me. It‘s my role in life to exaggerate.“