Book Review Archives - That's What She Read

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No Queen for me

by Michelle | May 22, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, G Author, Review Copy

I thoroughly enjoyed The Women’s War by Jenna Glass, but the same cannot be said about its sequel, Queen of the Unwanted. In fact, I did not enjoy the reading of the sequel so much that I did contemplate marking it as a DNF. The only reason I did not do so was...

Depressing and yet hopeful view of climate change

by Michelle | May 20, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, L Author, Review Copy

It would be easy to dismiss Goldilocks by Laura Lam as a space drama. To do so, however, would mean ignoring the most interesting aspects of the novel, at your detriment. For, the power of the novels lies not in the fact that a majority of it occurs in space but...

How do you review a book?

by Michelle | May 18, 2020 | Book Review, Food for Thought

I was reading through the reviews of a book about which I was contemplating marking it as a rare DNF for me, and one caught my eye. The reviewer gave it two out of five stars, and the only reason this person did so was that the book has almost no diversity outside of...

An enjoyable glimpse at medieval court life

by Michelle | May 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy

In an author’s note at the beginning of my review copy of The Betrothed, Kiera Cass mentions that the 1500s era is one of her inspirations for her latest book. I mention this because it is an important note. The Betrothed is not a rewrite of The Selection...

A brief introduction into the world of the Syndicate and Scion

by Michelle | May 13, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, S Author

I have long been a fan of Samantha Shannon’s Bone Season series (and not because she has a fabulous last name 😀 ). I loved the first book so much that I recently wanted to start the series over again. Then, Ms. Shannon announced that her prequel novella, The...

Makes me regret ever buying that Furby

by Michelle | May 12, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, S Author

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin is another one of those books I could not stop discussing with my family. Every time I stopped reading the book, I had to make a comment to whichever family member was nearest to me, if only to help dispel that creepy-crawly feeling...