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2 Star Reviews

Shitty Stuff Happening to Sad, Angry, Poor People - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon. - The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

Hockey? Good! Romance? Good! This Novel? Mmmm, Not For Me - Slammed by Victoria Denault

It Ain’t A Party Until Someone Loses An Eye…OR so I’ve heard… - The Party: A Novel by Robyn Harding

A rollercoaster of frustration, eyerolling, and morbid curiosity - Throne of Glass series: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, Tower of Dawn, The Assassin's Blades (novellas) by Sarah J. Maas

Rough red skin. Rough red head. - Peach by Emma Glass

The very slow death of a grumpy, old man - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Raised in love, money, and the certainty of God’s favor—money the indication of God’s favor, an idea so insidious she won’t recognize it till she’s in her forties - Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro

Dog Man and Cat Kid To the Rescue? - Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) by Dav Pilkey

Don’t pick up that bad penny, it could ruin your life - Coins of Chaos by Jennifer Brozek

All Filler No Killer - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

This won’t tell you who she was, but who she wasn’t - A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau by Carolyn Morrow Long

Somewhere There is a Universe Where I Enjoyed This Book - Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

Because I am in a Matrix of Literature - Call Me Zebra by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Franny’s Father is a Feminist - Franny's Father is a Feminist by Rhonda Leet

Yes, three pages can in fact ruin an entire novel - The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

A tale of two orphans - The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

“Thank you.” I smiled sweetly at him. “Your trousers are on fire.” - The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

Crosstalk irritates almost as much as having telepathy would - Crosstalk: A Novel by Connie Willis

The Perfect Siesta - The Perfect Siesta by Pato Mena

Hunger Games-level of third book slump - Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

Great Title. So-So Memoir. - Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia by Jennifer McGaha

I miss my YA rut - Things That Happened Before The Earthquake by Chiara Barzini

I just didn’t care…at all - The Day of the Duchess by Sarah Maclean

I Have a List Of Grievances - Three Blind Dates, Two Wedding Crashers by Meghan Quinn

I’ll probably gift this to my aunt - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Game Over - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Read The Martian instead - Artemis by Andy Weir

Quentin Coldwater and the Chronicles of Fillory - The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Some men (fewer women) are solitary, unattached to any particular place or institution, most comfortable not exactly alone but in the presence of strangers - Democracy by Joan Didion

Read A.J. Fikry Instead - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

I like less psychobabble with my mysteries - A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King

You Can Tell It Was Written By A Dude - The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell

25: Ashes - Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

“This entire exercise was stupid.” Never truer words spoken - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Bathroom Boogie - Bathroom Boogie by Clare Foges

Maybe one of us should retire from these books, Mr. Demarkian - The Headmaster's Wife by Jane Haddam

Well, science and religion are not competitors, they’re two different languages trying to tell the same story. There’s room in this world for both. - Origin by Dan Brown

A Character Trying to Let You In to Their Personal History, Without Actually Letting You Really Get There - History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Lots of Lies - The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle

It’s nice to see peeks of the author she will be - The Broken Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

What the hell is that? - Crota by Owl Goingback

There’s a photographer who says cat lovers always believe their own cat is better looking than anyone else’s. According to her, they’ve all got blinders on. - The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

Zombie fungus? - The Wave by Walter Mosley

#RKOMC meets RHOBH - The Go- Between by Veronica Chambers

Better than the last three books in the series, but still not great, Bob! - New Spring (Wheel of Time, #0) by Robert Jordan

Do I Lean In to the Farce or Is It Farcical? - The Holidays Series: The Stocking Was Hung; Cupid Has a Heart-On; The Firework Exploded; The Bunny is Coming by Tara Sivec

Oh Please Tell Me More About Your TODO list … - For We Are Many by Dennis Taylor

Like a late-night Cinemax sexy thriller starring Shannon Tweed and Eric La Salle - Black Diamond by Zakes Mda

Gay in the Bible Belt - Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley

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