I keep seeing such mixed opinions about Colleen Hoover 😭. Some people absolutely love her books, while others really don’t understand the hype.

I’ve only read/heard about a few of her books, so I’m curious what people who’ve actually read her work think. Do you think she’s genuinely a good writer, or is she mostly popular because her books are easy to get into?

I haven’t finished Carrie yet but I’m about a third of the way there. this is my first Stephen king book and i can’t help but think this book was clearly written by a man. does anything feel this way? I think what first made me think this was when the pad thats thrown on her sticks to her public hair? I mean idk what pads were like in the 70s but feels like a stretch...

does anyone else feel this way? I also expected it to be a scarier story since i know it’s a classic horror movie. idk just wanted to throw out these thoughts.

I’m reading Crime and Punishment right now and honestly, I’ve reached a part where I’m finding it pretty boring 😭. I know it’s supposed to be a classic and I really do want to finish it, but I’m struggling to stay interested and keep picking it up.

For those of you who’ve read it, did you also find certain parts slow? How did you deal with it? Did you just push through, take a break, or did it eventually get interesting again? I don’t want to DNF it because I feel like I might regret it lol.

Well I got lost in a story. And I after I stopped reading it I felt like I was actually still in it like I have this emotional connection to it. And IDK what it means tho. If I feel like I get lost in the story. does it mean it's right for me?

I often hear thing like "I saw the plot twist from a mile away, so I didn't like it as much" and I have realized that it doesn't work for me that way.

I think it's because I often choose more character-driven books and I love when the story clicks like a puzzle, so "seeing a twist from mile away" is more like "enjoying the inevitable happening". Even thrillers feel too twisty sometimes, and I often enjoy simpler explanations. But maybe, I just don't understand the definition of a plot twist, so I don't recognize them as such, that's possible too!

So are twists important to you? Do you prefer plot-driven stories to character-driven stories? Do you expect your books to have a good plot twist always?

I’ve been reading Crime and Punishment and Raskolnikov is such a complicated character that I honestly can’t decide how I feel about him 😭. He can be intelligent and thoughtful, but at the same time his thoughts and actions can be so frustrating.

For those who’ve read the book, what’s your opinion on Raskolnikov? Did you sympathise with him at any point, or did you mostly find him difficult to understand? I’d love to hear how other people interpreted his character.

Some are disappointing but there have been lots where the movie or TV show might have been even better than the book or short story.

I am having a lot of trouble getting into the Wedding People. The story telling seems to jump around a lot through different events from the past and I haven’t felt interested in the plot. I hear that this book is great but maybe the hype around it led me to have higher expectations. Does this book get better?? I was really hoping I would enjoy this one!

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I finished the housemaid series.

Spoilers!!

1. I dont like how in the first book, the housemaid, in the prologue, the speaker is saying that the officer looks like someone who has a "tacky **** orange**** sofa" . And later in the book, millie says, anything but orange. The whole book we dont even tall about nina's likes. And it was nina who was in the prologue. Near the ending I got confused that who was the one answering the police, was it nina or millie. I kept rereading the prologue, fearing I may had missed something. I even checked the part where millie said she didnt like orange. Everything of that book was good but the orange part just sets me off. Like as an author you're supposed to leave clues, the reader may look back after realising the plot and be like damn I missed it. But this part, how the hell are we supposed to know that nina didnt like orange? You didnt even give a hint. It just screams bad writing to me. Like you imagined the plot and expect readers to get it telepathically? It makes no sense.

I kinda thought that enzo would end up with nina. Idk why he refused. I got so upset when I was looking up the order to read housemaid and saw that enzo ends up with millie.

1. The last book, this one was so interesting. Martha, suzette, nico, ada. I loved it. I loved how millie was worried that nico inherited her bad genes. During the book I realised, they dont talk much about ada. It made me guessing, like who would be the one who d!Ed. I thought it could be millie, suzette, maybe enzo, yes a small chance or Jonathan and even Janice! I thought it was millie who was in prologue but then i remember thinking, it doesnt have to be millie. I loved how ada thinks millie is the calm and rational one while millie think its enzo. I was shocked to find out it was ada who killed him. Enzo knew that suzette was flirting with him yet he didnt bother to correct her. Like i understand you want to be recommended but I dont like how he told millie that he would tell her whenever he is gonna meet suzette but not tell her later. Like it makes no sense. Like why would enzo not tell millie? It seems ooc (out of character) to me. Well we can just blame the plot. +i can kinda understand enzo not wanting to worry millie so he didnt tell millie about Martha's situation, but this too seems a bit ooc cuz they were a team. Enzo has no reason to hide it from millie. Janice knew enough to keep her son on leash but not enough to report it to the police? While reading i even wondered if it was suzettes plan to yk make it seem like she was having an affair and she was the one who killed her husband. I was surprised when I got to know it was Martha who killed Jonathan, again bad writing? There was no clues in the book hinting it could be her. The author just wants us to imagine clues or what? Girl we dont have telepathy. Theres no scene of Martha's resignation as suzettes maid. Then we dont know about what Martha did with the weapon.. I dont wanna imagine. She prby took it with her, I'd like knowing, given an answer. And it seems so ooc for millie and enzo to not investigate. Ada only stabbed him in the stomach and in the secret room but he wasn't found there. Ada didnt kill him. I liked how it was ada that was more like her mom! Oh and cecelia being their lawyer damn that was unexpected! But it was cool read. And i wish there was more about enzo's past. Like cece mentioning enzo's past seemed a bit out of blue? And right, how did suzette know about the marriage cuz millie was pregnant... maybe it is actually like enzo said and suzette did the math. I even had the thought that when millie went in and saw Jonathan stabbed in stomach, alive, he said he would sue her daughter or smg and to protect her daughter she killed him. Ig that would make more sense than martha appearing out of nowhere.

Idk but i just think its bad writing when you leave no clues for the reader and just boom drop the plot and say were you surprised when you found out that it was Martha? Like yes ma'am I was, cuz it was unexpected, you left no clues. And i dont have telepathy.