The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Contemporary YA is not my genre, but this novel was an exception. I prejudged it based on the first few chapters, but as the plot developed, I started to like it. This is a novel about a group of friends who wants to have a normal life. They just want to graduate before the school…

The Circle by Dave Eggers

I hate books with unlikable characters. The mere fact that it took me 14 days to finish this short novel clearly means that something bad was going on. The novel didn’t captivate me in any way possible. The premise was great, but the execution was laughable. The Circle is a company wherein transparency is the…

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

I won’t deny the fact that at one point in my childhood, I wanted to become invisible. It wasn’t the top priority in my list of “I hope one day I’d suddenly have this super power”, but it was still there, probably at number 6 lagging behind Wolverine’s Claws, flying, super strength, teleportation, and Johnny…

The Dinner by Herman Koch

I can consider this one of the few messed up novels that amazed me by its darkness. Some of the other ones were Gone Girl and Dark Places, so I guess I do have to agree with the blurb from Wall street journal stating that this is a European Gone Girl. This is one of…