First Impressions of ifthebook

Unholy Murder
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Jul 10 2021 – 03:20 PM

Not for me

This just wasn't for me. I'm not a fan of the genre to begin with, but the writing style also...

Sugar Town Queens
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Jul 05 2021 – 10:14 PM

Interesting

I like that this is a setting that we don't see in YA fiction a lot, and I can definitely see the...

The Woods Are Always Watching
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Jul 05 2021 – 10:07 PM

Okay

I like a survival story, though from the blurb it's hard to tell if that's what this is or if...

They'll Never Catch Us
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Jun 28 2021 – 05:10 PM

Intriguing

I like the setup of past incidents that are going to impact the present. I also like reading...

Affliction
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Jun 14 2021 – 08:34 PM

Okay

I don't think this one is for me. I found it pretty bland--the excerpt is a portrait of quiet,...

Beasts of Prey
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Jun 14 2021 – 08:23 PM

Interesting world

Very interesting world--I'm excited to see where this one goes. I like the darkness and the...

The New Kingdom
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Jun 07 2021 – 07:32 PM

Hard to say

It was difficult for me to get a read on this book from the excerpt. I was intrigued by the...

We Are the Brennans
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May 31 2021 – 01:16 PM

Okay

This was fine, but there wasn't anything that made it stand out. Typical upper middle class...

Twice As Hard
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May 23 2021 – 09:52 PM

Not enough

Honestly, there's not enough in this excerpt to give me an impression of anything. I know who...

The Passing Playbook
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May 02 2021 – 08:25 PM

Okay

This seems like a fun contemporary. I especially appreciated that the protagonist has...

Replenishing the Sea of Galilee
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Apr 23 2021 – 11:47 AM

Eh

The diction in this one read very stilted to me. There was a lot of telling and a lot of...

The Echo Wife
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Oct 19 2020 – 07:52 PM

Cliche

The premise was super, super intriguing, but the narrator was so annoying that even this excerpt...

The Princess Knight
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Sep 28 2020 – 04:39 PM

Interesting

This was VERY hyper in tone, but I can definitely see it appealing to some people. The world...

Skyhunter
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Sep 05 2020 – 08:06 PM

Very intriguing

I went into this, for some reason, not really expecting to be interested, but I was gripped from...

How I Built This
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Jul 19 2020 – 06:01 PM

Okay

Eh, I can see some people liking this, but it just wasn't for me. Not a lot of substance and...

The Sushi Prophecies
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Jun 20 2020 – 04:12 PM

Not great

Very choppy writing, very annoying and unrealistic dialogue, very annoying narration. This book...

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
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Jun 03 2020 – 11:07 PM

Mixed

I'll admit that the cliffhanger at the end of this excerpt definitely has me hooked, but I was...

Savage Legion
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May 11 2020 – 08:43 PM

Intriguing

There wasn't a whole lot here, but it seems like there's an interesting world to be explored and...

RomeAntically Challenged
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May 11 2020 – 08:37 PM

Eh

For some reason, I from the synopsis I thought this would be smarter than it turned out to be. ...

Jo & Laurie
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Apr 14 2020 – 11:17 PM

Not what I expected

This book was already on my radar, and I was expecting it to be a somewhat sacrilegious Little...

The Living Dead
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Apr 06 2020 – 08:06 PM

Seems Interesting

There's something about zombie books for me--I keep coming back to them. In the vein of World...

The Orphan Collector
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Mar 30 2020 – 07:52 PM

Not bad

A promising start. It was interesting to read about how quickly things changed as the illness...