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To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
1.75
1.75 stars?
Disappointing really. Eloise was by far my favourite sibling but her love story was... not.
Where do I begin... it did not start off terrible, I guess. But as Philip kept talking about how shitty of a father he was, and about how marrying Eloise could somehow fix everything since he wouldn’t be so shitty because the kids would have a ‘good mother.’
WTF mate. That’s not how things work. He wasn’t willing to put the effort in, he would keep avoiding them because of his daddy issues. He never saw the problem with this and thought marrying a woman who would be a good mother would make HIM father of the year. When will men stop trying to steal women’s achievements?
One of the biggest problems for me:
In the end, Eloise goes to find Philip and he’s alone with Marina’s portrait being reflective or whatever. This toxic ass man, with his whole chest, fully says: “never complain to me about our relationship or say that we have a problem because this is nowhere near as bad as my marriage with Marina.”
I abhor this scene. The audacity- the fucken AUDACITY- how dare you you selfish little prick. Yes, Marina’s depression put a damper on your relationship but you have to separate the two. The marriage with one is not like the other, it is okay to acknowledge that there are problems, the magnitude did not have to equate to the problems you had with Marina, but you must acknowledge whatever the little problem is to fix it. Eloise is not Marina, and marriage isn’t just do your job in the day and fuçk me all night.
Anyways, how dare he tell Eloise to never complain or talk of any problems between them.
Also, yes he doesn’t abuse his children (besides neglect :/) but am I supposed to give him brownie points for that
Disappointing really. Eloise was by far my favourite sibling but her love story was... not.
Where do I begin... it did not start off terrible, I guess. But as Philip kept talking about how shitty of a father he was, and about how marrying Eloise could somehow fix everything since he wouldn’t be so shitty because the kids would have a ‘good mother.’
WTF mate. That’s not how things work. He wasn’t willing to put the effort in, he would keep avoiding them because of his daddy issues. He never saw the problem with this and thought marrying a woman who would be a good mother would make HIM father of the year. When will men stop trying to steal women’s achievements?
One of the biggest problems for me:
In the end, Eloise goes to find Philip and he’s alone with Marina’s portrait being reflective or whatever. This toxic ass man, with his whole chest, fully says: “never complain to me about our relationship or say that we have a problem because this is nowhere near as bad as my marriage with Marina.”
I abhor this scene. The audacity- the fucken AUDACITY- how dare you you selfish little prick. Yes, Marina’s depression put a damper on your relationship but you have to separate the two. The marriage with one is not like the other, it is okay to acknowledge that there are problems, the magnitude did not have to equate to the problems you had with Marina, but you must acknowledge whatever the little problem is to fix it. Eloise is not Marina, and marriage isn’t just do your job in the day and fuçk me all night.
Anyways, how dare he tell Eloise to never complain or talk of any problems between them.
Also, yes he doesn’t abuse his children (besides neglect :/) but am I supposed to give him brownie points for that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
True Beauty by Yaongyi
2.0
The lack of character development is tiring. Love triangle? No, both boys deserve better. It’s still not over but I kind of want it to be.
The kdrama was miles better and it wasn’t even phenomenal; the kdrama just had this charm and unconventional but pretty nice humour and more character development especially on jugyeongs part.
The kdrama was miles better and it wasn’t even phenomenal; the kdrama just had this charm and unconventional but pretty nice humour and more character development especially on jugyeongs part.
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
4.0
Original unedited review:
I want the sequel misfits in love and I want it now.
S.K. Ali always knows how to make me cry.
Maybe I would have given this 3 stars? Because some characters grind on my nerves and oh the cringe and second hand embarrassment really got me here
and I have to keep reminding myself for example, “Janna is 15, be patient” but no
I liked how the story built up, I thought one of the climax points was really fitting
I also enjoy her writing style and I always highlight a few quotes in her books that are fantastic and I want to look at again
Edit:
I’ve been reading a few reviews and now I know how to articulate my thoughts. (I don’t I’m just going to try lol)
I touched upon it briefly in my original review- the second hand embarrassment and having to be patient with Janna- but now I feel like I can explain it. I understand the author showing Janna’s lax attitude with her hijab for this brief period of her life, and how she acted around and about Jeremy. I think it was good to explore that we can like non-Muslims and considering everything Janna was dealing with, she didn’t think much of what she was doing.
Janna felt prettier without her hijab- but that’s the point. We wear it because it’s not our physical attractiveness that should make you like us. Also, Janna herself reflected that her crush had no realistic future that aligned with her values. She made a mistake, regretted it and I hope her relationship with God and her conviction with hijab in the sequel would be stronger.
I want the sequel misfits in love and I want it now.
S.K. Ali always knows how to make me cry.
Maybe I would have given this 3 stars? Because some characters grind on my nerves and oh the cringe and second hand embarrassment really got me here
and I have to keep reminding myself for example, “Janna is 15, be patient” but no
I liked how the story built up, I thought one of the climax points was really fitting
I also enjoy her writing style and I always highlight a few quotes in her books that are fantastic and I want to look at again
Edit:
I’ve been reading a few reviews and now I know how to articulate my thoughts. (I don’t I’m just going to try lol)
I touched upon it briefly in my original review- the second hand embarrassment and having to be patient with Janna- but now I feel like I can explain it. I understand the author showing Janna’s lax attitude with her hijab for this brief period of her life, and how she acted around and about Jeremy. I think it was good to explore that we can like non-Muslims and considering everything Janna was dealing with, she didn’t think much of what she was doing.
Janna felt prettier without her hijab- but that’s the point. We wear it because it’s not our physical attractiveness that should make you like us. Also, Janna herself reflected that her crush had no realistic future that aligned with her values. She made a mistake, regretted it and I hope her relationship with God and her conviction with hijab in the sequel would be stronger.