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February 14, 2018

SUNFLOWERS IN FEBRUARY by Phyllida Shrimpton

February 14, 2018

Book cover & rating - SUNFLOWERS IN FEBRUARY by Phyllida ShrimptonSunflowers in February is at its core a morbid book. Lily was in a car accident and woke up dead. Death is never an easy topic to face. What comes after death though, is a question I’m sure many of us do wonder about. Sunflowers in February grappled with exactly that, as Lily was in limbo, unable to move on.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, alcoholism, british authors, bullying, car accident, conduct of life, dating, death, despair, dreams, drink-driving, drug abuse, drugs, dysfunctional families, existentialism, family, family life, family problems, forgiveness, friendship, funerals, gratitude, grief, guilt, high school, hit-and-run, hope, life, life-after-death, on love, relationships, remorse, siblinghood

September 10, 2015

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas

September 10, 2015

Book cover & rating - A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J MaasThinking about A Court of Thorns and Roses evokes a whole range of emotions in me — all negative. Of the books I’ve read this year, only The Miniaturist received a lower rating from me. After accounting for all my variables (prose, characterisation, plot, depth, originality, impact & voice), my final rating is a measly 0.857 out of 5. Rounded up that means 1 star.

· Categories: Epic Recs, Fiction Keywords: abuse, american authors, art, betrayal, blackmail, death, drugs, faeries, family, family problems, kidnapping, lies, magic, mind control, murder, poverty, remorse, retellings, revenge, secrets, sisters, survival, violence, wealth

April 11, 2015

SHATTER ME (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi

April 11, 2015

Book cover of SHATTER ME (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh MafiYou know those books that you add to your TBR pile for no apparent reason, except that the cover looks cool? Shatter Me was one of those books for me.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: action, american authors, bi- or multiracial characters, biosphere, death, environment, loneliness, mental health, postmodernism, psychology, remorse, surveillance

July 26, 2014

TEASE by Amanda Maciel

July 26, 2014

TEASE by Amanda MacielSome might find it difficult to read a book about bullying from the perspective of the one who bullied. That is exactly the perspective that Tease offers. It is not a book that can be taken lightly. Neither is it a book about a victim of bullying who overcomes her plight. No, it is a story about the bully after her victim committed suicide.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: bullying, death, friendship, high school, lawsuits, read, remorse, siblinghood, single parenthood, suicide

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