Ars longa, vita brevis

  Book: Lights Out by Navessa Allen Stars: 🌟 🌟 🌟.75/5 Review: I think the hype over booktok made me expect much. I went in expecting a blast but didn’t get one . That’s my personal view point.  It’s a good book. Funny Banter. Witty writing. Also, implores deep understanding of human character. As in why one turns out to be how they are. I really liked the spice part.  I mean your maskman kink coming to live is something all dark romance girlies think of.  But at some point, it just got about it.    The plot fell short. I mean ya there was whole Brad thing. But it was rushed. I didn’t get much of an adrenaline rush which is expected from a dark stalker  romance.  But then it is supposed to be rom com not actual dark romance so if you take that into account, it delivered enough.  A good read overall. Things I liked: -Josh’s personality. The dark romance usually has mmc who is invincible. However, author’s different take here was much appreci...

  One of the few books everyone should read at least twice in their lives. “ It is one of the secrets in that change of mental poise which has been fitly named conversion, that to many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a peculiar influence, subduing them into receptiveness .” — George Eliot I went through all of Sally Rooney’s interviews just to dive deeper into her mind—to understand her perspective beyond the book. Normal People is that kind of novel. If you hold it in your hands at midnight, you’ll find yourself staring at the ceiling, questioning everything you thought you knew about love, power, and the quiet violence of human relationships. Reading it for the first time, the third-person narration feels distant, like a story told through glass. The novel’s psychological depth, its brutal honesty about class, peer dynamics, and the inevitability of loneliness—these can be overwhelming. If you aren’t in the right head...