Media Pendeja

I am not completely sure what genre this book is outside of it being fiction. It is not exactly a mystery, because the big “secret” is pretty obvious throughout the book.

Although I am unable of pinpointing the book’s genre, it is a very good read. Now, it is a tougher read during certain chapters because some sad events do occur throughout the book. I didn’t bawl while reading this book, but I did get teary eyed. I also thought a lot about the characters after I finished it, which is a sign (to me) of a good book.

The characters are flawed but written in a way that you can still relate. I would definitively recommend this to a friend.

This book was super hyped up online a few months ago, maybe more on social media. I decided to try it out and I thought this book would be a similar plot to the book The Midnight Library. Why? I am not sure, but it is nothing like that. NOTE: I tend to note read a summary of the book beforehand to really be surprised y’know. I usually do it like a few chapters into the book.

This book was not bad per se but it will be easy to forget. I can’t think of anything that really popped out and it was more of a read when I got bored type of book. I feel like it was reading a children’s book that was pretending to be for adults. Now if it was supposed to be YA, I probably missed it, but I would have enjoyed it more during the time I read adventure-type books.

Out of all the books, I think this was by far my favorite one. I think I rated this a 4 star on Goodreads, but I would bump it up to a 4.5 thinking about it now.

This book was a great read as it was a true “whodunnit” and it kept me guessing the entire time. I don’t know if the ending was obvious to most readers, but it was a good reveal (in my opinion) at the end. I loved loved how Pip, the protagonist, also had a love interest without it ruining the plot. Everything developed organically and nothing felt too far fetched.

I saw this is a book series and I generally do not like to read book series, but I will definitely pick up the next book when I can. I also saw there is a series coming out on Netflix so that will be very interesting to see/judge.

This was the final book I read in June and I almost didn’t finish it in time; I have super mixed emotions on this book but not because it was bad. It was great.

The first ~200 pages of this book terrified me. I haven’t tried horror books yet, but I felt so much fear and anxiety when I started reading the book that I almost quit. Now, I would hate for that dissuade anyone from picking up this book.

This book goes through how victims (often women) are not only scrutinized and undermined, but outright murdered. How media will sensationalize horrific events and give media attention to the wrong parts of a crime.

To me, this was a hard read, but it is very worth it. The book hands back the power to victims and doesn’t romanticize serial killers. It does use a notable serial killer as a reference, although I’m not going to name him here. My biggest recommendation is to take breaks if needed and really absorb the book.