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Back to back 2-star YA novels have held my reviews up!

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

The Forgotten HLittle Monstersours by Katrin Schumann

August 13, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

One of the reasons I let myself get behind in book reviews (which apparently runs in the family) is that some books are so very meh — not terrible but also really not worth talking about — that I avoid reviewing them. And then weeks and months go by, and I have even less to say but now I have tons of good books I wanna talk about (read The Collector series by Dot Hutchison!) so I’m buckling down folks. I read these two books […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: badkittyuno, Kara Thomas, Katrin Schumann

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:97 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: badkittyuno, Kara Thomas, Katrin Schumann ·
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Very Strong Debut, Some Issues with Character Development and Pacing

The Forgotten Hours by Katrin Schumann

January 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I really loved the premise of the “Forgotten Hours” (a teenage girl loses her best friend and father after a rape accusation and trial). This type of plot feels very timely. That said, I thought that the story being told in third person point of view actually pushed me away as a reader. I think if it was told in the first person point of view I would have felt more entwined with Katie and her choices. Also, if it had been first person point […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: contemporary, Fiction, Katrin Schumann, The Forgotten Hours

Classic's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: contemporary, Fiction, Katrin Schumann, The Forgotten Hours ·
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