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Dark Academia
Whispers in the Walls
My Taste
A Darker Shade of Magic (The Darker Shade of Magic Series)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Ring Shout
The Writing Retreat
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Between Two Fires

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  • The Starving Saints
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    Sep 02, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5
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    this was the absolute best, most claustrophobic, disgusting, intense, wtf book I have ever read. AND I LOVED ITTTTTT

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  • The Devils
    alaidbackreader
    Sep 12, 2025
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    DNF'd at 9% - I first tried reading this physically but I damn near DNF'd at page 2. This writing style is just not for me but I tried the audio and the writing didn't bother me as much but the plot did. I had no idea what was happening; every single thing is happening all at once at all times - I legitimately don't know what was going on or who is involved

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    Sep 12, 2025
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    DNF'd at 9% - I first tried reading this physically but I damn near DNF'd at page 2. This writing style is just not for me but I tried the audio and the writing didn't bother me as much but the plot did. I had no idea what was happening; every single thing is happening all at once at all times - I legitimately don't know what was going on or who is involved

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    I had to switch to the audiobook bc I very nearly DNF'd this after reading the first two pages physically 😂

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  • The September House
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    Sep 08, 2025
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    I have found out that I am not into cozy horror or this sort of repetitive, bland writing style

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  • The Silent Companions
    alaidbackreader
    Sep 07, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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    this book is not even 300 pages but it felt like it took me AGES to finish - the pacing in the first half is slower than sludge and then just everything happened at once in the last 100ish pages; felt a bit like whiplash and everything was just too convenient. The premise of the wooden figures was really interesting but the rest of the plot just fell flat for me.

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    if my house had a thing in the basement that needed a yearly priest visit on rotation, trussssst I would living in that house no longer

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  • The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
    DNF @ 42%

    I just do not care a single itty bitty bit - the only reason I got this far was because this is the same narrator as the Poppy War audiobooks and her voice is butter

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  • The Starving Saints
    alaidbackreader
    Sep 02, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5
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    this was the absolute best, most claustrophobic, disgusting, intense, wtf book I have ever read. AND I LOVED ITTTTTT

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