opalia's reviews
84 reviews

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

The actual idea is great. My main problem about this book is that if I wouldn’t read it for university and deeply analyse it, I may have not even caught the point. The execution is bad for many reasons but to narrow them down, we read a character driven plot where characters aren’t even that important ? They don’t really evolve they don’t seem to think until the plot needs it somehow. Cute book otherwise.

Quitter Paris by Stéphanie Arc

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

1.0

She enjoys talking to say nothing like 90% of the book. Philosophically deep for a 9 years old.

Hill by Jean Giono

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I don't know between my rating and 4⭐... Tbh I am so confused, what did I juste read lmao. I hope my classes will make it clearer to me the beauty of the book, because I feel that I just can't grasp everything of it.

L.U.N.A “L'hiver fantôme” by Anthony Vignals

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

I wish i could just put a straight -1/10. Idk if it is the french translation but god the pacing is BAD. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU GIVE A GOAL TO ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AT THE END OF THE BOOK?????? LITERALLY THE LAST LINES !€?*!#) Ambrose pov is useless and March and Edyon felt pushed like thé main character at the start because they we're thé only that actually made sense. Their motivations EXISTED. Tash pov is well done tho. Anyway this was almost the worst read ever. I would be ANGRY with my editors for publishing this lmao. Thanks to my boys Edyon and March that made this torture a little tiny bit better. If the books were only them DAMN this would've been a good book since the premise doesn't suck.

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Idk what the fuck did i just read. The mysogyiny wasn't it and everything was worth it for the funny moments and the last two chapters

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Slow start (necessary ?) But thé best book so far me thinks

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Such an amazing read for the Summer ! Can't wait to devour the others

Correspondance de George Sand Et D'Alfred de Musset by George Sand

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

OG Hardin and Tessa ?

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The smut that was concensual was extreme top tier. But that's the red flag, however how dark youw ant something to be r*pe should never be portrayed in books. It's sad because there was many ways to stay much logic with the characters, especially Zade. This was absolutely unecessay. It's sad tho because the side plot was cool as fuck ! Kinda disapointed but i swear best smut when concensual ig 💀 Will not read T2 for sure lol