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Review: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

An excellent collection of short stories, essays, vignettes and short stories that are each linked to a  chemical element. I did find this a bit heavy to read in one sitting, but it was still quite enlightening. Rating: 5/5

Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

A heart-wrenching tale of friendship of two secret agents and their unapproved trip to German-occupied France. The characters were truly well written and the story gelled. Just wow. Rating: 5/5

Review: Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson

One word: WOAH. This novella started slow, but then really built-up quickly and developed the Snapshot idea. Better yet, there was a twist that made me go "NO WAY, WHAT THE" right at the end that has left me reeling. Rating: 4.5/5

Review: King Lear by William Shakespeare

I got confused a little when reading this play, and I felt like the characters didn't stand out in this tragic. It also felt complex and chaotic. I also have 0 sympathy for Lear, he deserved it. Rating: 3/5

Review: The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

For a mystery/thriller penny-novel, there was no gripping mystery, and was rather bland, which was rather disappointing. I also found that the chapters (until chapters 9 and 10) were very segmented and didn't flow from chapter to chapter. The chapters could have been written into standalone short stories and would have been way better. Rating: 1/5

Review: Warcross by Marie Lu

I found that this book had a really, really  good plot idea, however the way the author worked the plot into the whole story was rather lacklustre. The games weren't fleshy enough, the supporting characters felt underdeveloped AND the addition of the highly unnecessary romance. It just felt so... bland. Rating: 2/5

Review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

A brutal book that encompasses illness, arguments, and death in at least some form every few pages. I hated nearly every character, but I feel as if that was Brontë's intention to make us feel that way. The tale was truly so bleak, but it was also horridly fascinating. Rating: 3/5

Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

An excellent read, with chapters that just flowed so perfectly. Add in the kindness of the the supporting characters towards the main character, and the development of the main character's situation made it such an enthralling read. Plus, the main character wasn't someone I could relate to or emphasise with at the start, but I learned to love her and have sympathy for her in the end! Rating: 5/5

Review: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A wonderfully compact, easy-to-read Austen novel, that featured the rather immature Catherine Morland discovering romance and friendship (both true and fake) through the likes of Isabella, Henry and Eleanor. Rating: 4/5