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book review : brotherless night

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Genre: Historical fiction Reading age: 16+ Rating: 8/10 You’ll like this if you’ve read: A Thousand Splendid Suns I recently joined my work book club and our April book was chosen by a random generator and landed on Brotherless Night. At first I had low expectations, as I didn’t know much of Sri Lanka’s history or the author but after reading the first page I was hooked. It’s not everyday you get in the mind of a ‘terrorist’. That being said, calling someone a terrorist is very nuanced. I definitely believe in the grey area between terrorism and freedom fighting, however once we refrain from using it as a noun and rather a verb, it becomes pretty clear. This book shows that anyone inflicting terror on another, regardless of the motivations can be deemed a terrorist, whether part of a militant group, the government or an international peacekeeping regime. It shows us that freedom from oppression cannot be gained through oppressing another. It even highlights how non violent tactics can ...
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lost

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she was once so sure of who she was and where she was headed of what she could accept and what she would not treasure of the gift that was her life designed for her alone but once he unwrapped her he took away control and she became the passenger in her own car she developed new burns on wounds that had not yet scarred or healed she became a reflection in the mirror of a girl who once stood with rigour rooted in her values and identity lost to insecurity
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addiction

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with you the grey skies become vibrant and the air feels clear of the burdens we share in a world designed for us to survive and not live a blurred vision with hope and possibilities beyond the happiness of temporarily being with you and i need this to feel something to feel alive to want to breathe and exercise my right to exist but when the feeling is gone and i am all alone when you have withdrawn from what we once were i am cold i am incomplete i am no longer free
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amalfi coast

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the home of those who have seen the world friends of experience and enemies of time their blue shorts saddle vespa bikes on narrow roads decorated with limes and lemons you imagine life here is never hard there is no celebration for blue skies or rays of sunshine that always sit on the cliffs edge before sinking with the day when visitors come out to play in their linen searching for a taste of starch still ironing out their itinerary which has become a victim of the scenery and aperol spritz or espresso sorbets desperate to not become a memory desperate to stand still in Amalfi
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main character syndrome

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sometimes the equator begins to feel like a red carpet premiere  the mountains and oceans a supporting cast in a film about you a film that starts and ends with your eyes a world where nothing out of your periphery lies but you’re an extra in the world a member of the audience in its screening another name on the rolling set list that nobody stays seated for you have no responsibility to perform no expectations to be anybody but who you want to be and there’s a beauty in insignificance
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book review : terms and conditions

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Genre: Romance Reading age: 18+ Rating: 7/10 You’ll like this if you’ve read: the Shatter Me series, Ugly Love I’ve been in a reading slump for the longest time, after reading a really confusing fantasy novel. So I was on the hunt for something easy to read, romantic and steamy - and Lauren Asher did not disappoint! This is your typical marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers type book. And even though I knew where it was heading, I couldn’t bare to put this down (Yes, I completed it in 24 hours). It does have some deeper themes of domestic violence, childhood trauma and neurodiversity but Asher touches on these very loosely. The story follows a young billionaire Declan and his assistant Iris, who enter a contractual agreement to help Declan acquire a large inheritance and gain control of his family business. Declan is your typical handsome but cold protagonist with daddy issues and only seems to be moved by a very cheerful Iris, even though he doesn’t like to admit it. ...
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book review : heartless

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Genre: Fantasy/Romance Reading age: 16+ Rating: 7/10 You’ll like this if you liked The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes or Wicked The Musical. I love a prequel and I love seeing the human side to a villain, so when I found out that this book was a prequel to Alice in Wonderland, and the Queen of Hearts was the main character, I knew it would be right up my street. That being said if you’ve watched or read Alice in Wonderland, you know that the story sort of makes you feel like you’re going mad - Or that you’re reading a 10 year old ‘but it was all a dream’ school essay. Well, the prequel is no different. It's extremely creative and the world building is very patiently curated but it's also by no means an easy read. I kind of felt like Marissa Meyers wanted me to be confused. And although she did capture the magic of the story really well, it sometimes felt so far fetched that it was difficult to properly immerse myself into the plot. That being said once you reach the half way po...
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