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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
BATB score: 4/10 🔥 A novel written in 2017 and blasted to fame by Hulu TV mini series in 2020 starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington (who won shitload of award from this blaze). IMDB score 7.7/10 🔥 #dayum Best to: the mini-series did add a lot of it's own dramatic sparks and plot twistie flames to Celeste Ng's core ignition; to be honest, I bet the mini-series made the novel more juicy Best for: simple writing novel evangelist; you know how there are many novel aut


The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
BATB score: 9/10 ❣️ Written in 1989, developed into a film in 1993 (7.8 IMDb) #dayum Kazuo Ishiguro aka The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Best to: beautiful composition with eloquently sophisticated narration; a good juxtaposition of an affable main character's reminiscence of self 'dignity' and 'loyalty' to one's master - worthy of being a required reading for a literature class Best for: Lords and ladies of Darlington Hall, Oxfordshire; I feel very posh and of great statur


The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
BATB score: 3/10 💔 Written in 1984 and made into a movie in 1988 (7.3/10 IMDb) - probably hyped up as early times erotic novel/films Best as: other than the polygamous coitus chapters, the rest of the book may put you to sleep 💤 Best for: literature enthusiasts on classic writing styles and novelist's reflection of life then and there; Milan Kundera's freshness includes love affairs, the Soviet, oppression to conformity, living in exile, and (modern days relatable) so what'


The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
BATB score: 9/10 🧑⚕️ Alex Michaelides is exceptionally talented in character creation and flow of uncovering storyline details. The book's plot twists, climax, and the closure falling act made clear that he is a full-time screenwriter. #Bravo Best to: not bad at all for a psychological thriller novel #dayum Best for: you know how you watch a movie and you go "I bet he's the killer"? well, through the pages, I had no clue. Best as: Netflix movie material


Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
BATB score: 9/10 🟡 Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, writes books as an art form. Best to: intellectually stimulating about figuring out the world and our purpose in life Best for: a literature class required read, a literature book club, an English Literature scholar read; Ishiguro's writings are exceptional. it's more about the narration of the story, the hidden humanity behind, and the social dilemmas of 'told but not told' Best as: "Never Let Me Go


To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
BATB score: 6/10 🖤 written back in 1960 by Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winner for American literature in 1961, made into a 8.3/10 IMDb film in 1962, and a required read for middle school and high school kids all until 2000s Best to: old school classic book on racism and prejudice in Alabama, USA back in 1930s; narrate through a six-year-old Scout Finch POV Best for: raise your hand if you had to read this book for school 🙋♀️🙋 raise your hand if you remember hating it 🙋♀️


All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
BATB score: 7.2/10 ⭐️ a French blind girl trying to survive the Reich WWII and a German boy detecting her prohibited radio broadcast and (less important) a magical valuable blue gem 💎 called the Sea of Flames Best to: 500+ pages extremely verbose, detailed, and descriptive about numerous events in non-chronological order; readers are dumped with 100+ pieces of the story puzzle, you have to figure which pieces were important and which were just extras (like made in china dupl


Normal People by Sally Rooney
BATB score: 5/10 💁♀️🤷 you either like it or you don't. written in 2018 and immediately made into a Hulu original series 8.5/10 iMDb in 2020 #movefast Best to: why highschool 'friends with benefits' can continue to be good friends yet complicated benefits would linger, why if you don't date your highschool 'friends with benefits' back then, then don't expect to be able to date them now Best for: 'friends with benefits'; "I love you. It's not like this with other people." un


Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
BATB score: 6.6/10 🦞 Best to: the first 120-pages will bore you, the second 120-pages will arouse you, the third 120-pages will make you curious and even consider it a good book, and the last few pages will stun you and justify the book as a great novel; yet, I can not forgive you for the first 120-pages Best for: experienced and patient novel readers who would be willing to read through the first 120-pages of boredom and is steadfast focused to finish novels 🤓 Best as: oh


Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
BATB score: 7/10 💙 Alice Oseman is a hands-down writer prodigy - signing her first publishing deal at 17 for Solitaire and signing with Netflix at 26 for HeartStopper which was written at 22! That’s a lot of accomplishment at such a young age my friend. #isaluteyou Best to: digital age / modern day “The Catcher in the Rye” - the struggles of a teen figuring out the world: gender identity, friendship, parental influences, oxbridge academic success, online trolls, YouTube fame


The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
BATB score: 6/10 💰💰💰 Historical literary art piece, written in 1925 (for sure there would be a 100th year anniversary for this book), four movie adaptions include 2013 iMDb 7.2 featuring Leonardo DiCaprio Best to: have a keen curiosity of what the hype was really about for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book Best for: aren’t we all chasing richness and fame for someone to acknowledge and praise our golden accomplishments? aren’t the big mansion for hosting the big parties to show-o


The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
BATB score: 8/10 🧢 Modern day ‘Catcher in the Rye’ 🌟 Best as: literature art appreciation class required reading; it sure does sucks to always be compared to other people’s honorary literature Best for: literature enthusiast - an epistolary novel about the coming of age of a teen, great character build, touching the topics of friends, family, gender, intercourse, love, PTSD, and suicide in the most eloquent and serene manner Best to: watch the movie adaptation of “The Perks


The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
BATB score: 10/10 🌷 Wow. What a classic! Definitely Amy Tan’s literary masterpiece 🌟🤩💫 Best to: prepare pen and paper to map out which grandmother, mother, daughter are related and what tragedy happened to who resulting with what in which chronological order 4 grandmothers, 4 mothers, 4 daughters, 2 granddaughters and many men in between Best as: a reminder of how we can not walk in anybody else’s shoes 👠, how each generation has their own challenges, and why miscommunic
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