It's pretty much about a girl called Elsa who is seven or eight and has a grandmother who is 77. She's very close to her grandma, but she's sort of a bad person. She's a grandma but she's very rebellious. When she dies Elsa is really sad. Her grandma used to always tell her about this made up place called The Land of Almost Awake and also The Kingdom of Mayama. They're basically made up places filled with angels and devils and Elsa loves them. But she doesn't realise that her grandma was sort of a bad person, in a way. When she dies she leaves behind all of these letters, but they are hidden and Elsa has to try and find them like a treasure hunt. The're all letters to other people living in their apartment building. Elsa reads them and gives them out to the people. She realises all of the bad stuff her grandma did, but she becomes really close with her neighbors. The letters are apologies.
I found it hard to read because I don't think the characters were that likable but it was written well.
3.5/5 Apologies
I found it hard to read because I don't think the characters were that likable but it was written well.
3.5/5 Apologies
Wilder Girls by Rory Power, Review by Bella
The plot focuses on Hetty, a student of Raxter School for Girls after it was put under quarantine due to the outbreak of a mysterious parasite called the Tox. For the past year and a half, her life in Raxter has been completely about survival, from fighting other girls for food to taking turns on the gun shift. She's developed a sense of normality - well, as normal as you can get in that situation.
Until the day she’s picked for boat shift and suddenly her semi stable life is unraveling. The secrets behind their monthly supply of food are revealed, her closest friend Byatt goes missing, and romantic feelings for another student at Raxter start to bloom. It’s only a matter of time till what’s left of her school collapses and she’s determined to find Byatt and - even if it means breaking quarantine.
Since Wilder Girls is Power’s first novel, her inexperience shows through the writing. There’s nothing really bad about it; the plot was interesting and the characters are realistic but it just wasn't compelling and quite didn’t capture me as much as other books would. I could easily stop reading it at any time and have no desire to come back to it, just as I could pick it up and start reading it with no complaints. I believe the other reviews of this book to be true - it is an honest and a real, gritty novel, as most dystopian books are in my experience, but even so, I have a completely neutral opinion on it. One thing I like for certain is the fact that the author included LGBTQ+ themes, which are present but subtle enough that the plot doesn’t revolve around them. I’ve found that in some books with these themes, it’s more about the relationship than the actual plot. And while I can appreciate that, I do prefer to read about what’s actually happening in the book rather than reading about what one character thinks about another’s eyes. So all in all, it’s a good book but not especially good, like it'd be a bit of a stretch to say I liked this book but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t.
Rated: 2.5-3 Raxter's Iris's
ShootAround by Suspu, Review by EvaI read this over the Christmas holidays. It's about the Apocalypse. It's like a graphic novel online. I read it through Webtoon. It's about this basketball team who are training with their coach. The one that's always late runs in and closes the door behind her and the coach says 'oh you're early!' She says 'yeah I was being chased by a zombie.' He thinks she's kidding. The coach opens the door and there's a zombie there, but the coach thinks he's a drunk guy who had a long night out and then he gets bitten on the arm. So then he's out for three weeks because they had to cut off his arm...
It's about how they survive together and how they make friends and enemies. There's this character that I love and something bad happens to her which is weird because it doesn't happen to anyone else.
It's really great, fun. I recommend everyone read it. Every single character is gay!
Rated 5/5 snow zombies
Dear Evan Hansen by Stephen Levenson, Review by SashaIt's about this guy Evan. Evan has a crush on this girl called Zoe. Zoe's brother Connor and Evan aren't friends, but Evan signs his cast when he breaks his arm. Evan's therapist assigns him the task of writing a letter to himself. He prints the letter at school. When Connor finds it, he thinks Evan is making fun of him, because he mentions Zoe. The next day, Connor commits suicide. His family mistakenly believe that Evan and Connor were friends and that leads to a lot of secrets and lies...
Rated 5/5 sincerely mes
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