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Project Hail Mary

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In an age saturated with dystopian fiction, Project Hail Mary feels almost rebellious. The story arrives in a landscape where the future is usually portrayed as something to fear like climate change, artificial intelligence gone rogue, political decay, social fragmentation. Most contemporary science fiction assumes humanity will fail to some crucial test. Project Hail Mary, on the other hand, dares to ask a different question. What if humanity is actually capable of extraordinary cooperation when it truly matters? That, more than the science or suspense, makes it remarkable. What I liked most about the movie is that the hero is not a superhero. Grace is scared, confused, and makes mistakes. Yet he keeps trying. He solves one problem at a time, even when the situation seems impossible. This really shows that courage is not about being fearless but it's about moving forward even when you are afraid. The movie's greatest strength is that it treats scientific thinking not merely...
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The perks of being a wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

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It's been a while since I read this book and missed writing its review, so here it is. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a coming-of-age young adult/epistolary novel, released on February the 1st, 1999. For a book that old, it still hasn't lost its charm among today's generation. In fact, it seems more relevant among today's generation as it touches upon a number of modern day controversies like teenage mental health, sexuality awareness, substance abuse and even character diversity. This book even had surprise factors that I didn't see coming at all, which contemporary novels usually lack. Although the book is, at times, very upsetting, it is ultimately uplifting and life-affirming. Now let's get to the plot summary. Set back in the 1990's, this book is a series of letters written by the main character, Charlie. Charlie is an introverted and observant teenager, who finds solace in observing the world around him from the sidelines. As he navigates his fresh...
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Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz

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To write a review on any book requires a critical mind. It requires us to be skeptical about things when we read so that the person reading the review knows exactly what the flaws in the book are before picking it up. I tried. I tried to be skeptical, I tried to find flaws. But I found that there is nothing, absolutely nothing about this book that disappointed me. There were times when I was literally grateful to have found this book and read it. I guess you can call it a love story but it also touches upon many other aspects of life that make you want to think about yourself. There are so many minute details in this book that I really enjoyed that I'd like to mention but before that let's go through the summary: Ari (Aristotle Mendoza) is a typical teenage boy fighting the same struggles as almost every teenager going through the phase from boys to men. He was always this sort of loner who didn't really mingle with many people. Not that he couldn't but he just didn...
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We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

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We Were Liars was one of those books that I'd heard of a lot but never really picked it up for some unknown reason. But I finally read it and now that I finished it, I'm here to share some of my personal opinions of it. Let me just start by saying that I don't recommend this book to anyone who recently started reading or doesn't really have a good reading background. I found the plot of this book to be rather ominous and suspenseful. I will explain why but before that let's go through a quick summary of the book. The Sinclairs are a wealthy, well-respected, beautiful family with a rich bloodline. At least that was how they seemed to an outsider. But what they really were was only known to the people in the family. They consisted of a filthy rich father, his 3 daughters, and the daughters' own separate families. They all had different lifestyles in different cities and didn't meet each other except during summer. Summer is the one time they all met every year...
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It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover

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The book that we're going to read about here(only one of the most talked about books today) is none other than- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. For a person who isn't specifically into typical contemporary romance novels, this book sure changed a lot of my opinions. I literally just finished reading it and there are so many thoughts at the back of my head, so this review will basically be me blurting out my personal opinions about the book and what I think of it. Before that, let's go through a quick summary of it. It Ends With Us is essentially about a girl named Lily Bloom in her early twenties who recently graduates from college and moves to Boston to set a life of her own after having gone through a very traumatic childhood with an abusive father. Here, she meets a guy called Ryle Kincaid, after which her life keeps getting better and better. Ryle's a successful neurosurgeon who is determined to be the best in his field which doesn't permit him the time for a...
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One of us is lying - Karen M. McManus

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   Hey there! I'm back with yet another young adult fiction: One of us is lying by none other than Karen M. McManus. To all those of you who haven't any clue about this book, it is a  murder mystery thriller that sets off among 5 totally unrelated high school students. And no, this isn't the type of typical murder drama where a detective comes in and solves the crime with his unrestrictedly witty brains. In this book, McManus kind of leaves it to the reader to unravel the mysteries and clues and this is one of the many things I really enjoyed about this book. It actually made you think about the different aspects and possibilities of the story and involved a lot of reader interaction. Well let's get to the plot now- The story takes place in a high school setting- Bayview High, when Brownyn, a studious, ambitious, high school girl walks into detention with 4 other people: Nate: the criminal- already on probation for previous criminal records. Addy: the beauty- the pictu...
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Radio Silence - Alice Oseman

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Okay now, how can I describe this book? Is there a word that describes something better than just perfect? Well, if there is, then this book deserves that word. I just cannot put my feelings for this book into words. It was everything I needed at this point and I cannot get over it. Honestly, I was kind of falling into a reading slump, but the first few pages themselves got me up and reading all over again.  This book was so exciting and yet subtle at the same time. The writing and expressions were so comforting and relatable. The plot twists were so on point and satisfying. Alice Oseman really has a knack for modern literature and knows her way around a young adult's mind. Let's get to the plot now: It leads with the protagonist, Frances Janvier, a simple high school girl with straight A's and goals, who you might call a typical nerd. Nothing would come in between her and her ambitions. Not even the person who she actually is, from inside. And then she met Aled Last, anoth...
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