Bookworm’s Haven

Hi! I’m Isla/Freddie and I’m 16 years old. I am a cat-person, I watch anime, I watch crap telly and obviously, I love reading!

I’m part of the LGBTQ+ community and use any pronouns. As well as having undiagnosed autism.

I don't support Racists, Homophobes or Transphobes (including TERFs) so if you fit into any one of those groups then kindy get away from my posts.

I have a blog because it’s fun and I wanna foster a kind and helpful book-reading community! Let’s all share and be welcoming! I follow back people who wanna be bookish mutuals :D

Talk soon!

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I decided to read this book on a whim because I had heard good things about it and saw it on my bookshelf while organising it.

While it was admittedly rather amusing, this book failed at portraying the intellect I would expect of an actual teenage boy - leading to my eventual frustration with dim little Adrian Mole.

Not only that, I did find myself struggling to push through this book despite how the longest entry was a mere page however I think this likely stems from my more general criticisms of the ‘diary’ book format which largely revolves around my problem that this book didn’t seem to be working towards anything and therefore all actions taken by A.M. were inconsequential.

My final qualm with this book was that as I get rather invested in the books I read and use them as a form of escapism from the perceived inadequacy of my current circumstances, I found A.M.’s life to be equally droll and dissatisfying.

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This was indeed an interesting book, given to me by my aunt and uncle this last Christmas as they know I like the 'AGGGTM' trilogy by Holly Jackson. It took me a long time to get through because I was fighting away a slump when I started it and then entered a slump again about halfway through it.

The writing was very good for a debut adult novel, which tends to be lower quality when the writer is first starting out. As well as the plot was easy to follow while simultaneously staying one step ahead of who I thought the killer would be.

My only negative with this book is that Perrin hinted at a romance between the protagonist and Detective Crane and ended the book with a pat on the shoulder; a little bit of a let down in my opinion. However, I am aware that the sequel came out in March this year so it'd be cruel to not continue that plotline... right?