📖 ~ The Charm Offensive

rating: 5/5

it is a CRIME that no one has talked about this book except for hannah azerang but GOOD GOD WILL I FOREVER BE GRATEFUL TO HER FOR MAKING ME FIND OUT ABOUT THIS BOOK. i'm not kidding. this book. is. EVERYTHING.

the things about deserving love, their chemistry, their struggles ("i don't like you despite all of your characteristics i like all of you.") ("are you going to freak out everytime i touch you now?" "i already freak out when you touch me.") ("why would you want to read [my script]?" "because you wrote it") ("i'm worried you don't know what you deserve.") ("i'm terrified of letting you see me." "oh love, i already see you.") ARE YOU SEEING THIS FDJSKSKSKA THIS BOOK FEELS LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN FOR ME. i literally did not want to see the page count in the beginning and was just rolling w it coz i didn't want to know where we were or where we were going and just living in the moment. i was BLUSHING, GIGGLING, AND I REMEMBER MY HEART SORT OF RACING COZ I WAS SO HAPPY JDJSJSKAKA. i related to the characters, cared about them. AND OHMYGOD THE VOICEMAIL THING ALWAYS GOES STRAIGHT TO MY HEART. dev listening to charlie's voicemails to hear his voice—i shed a tear bro. i LOVED this book. immediate 5/5. nothing compares. this is the standard now. i'm so soft for this book, i NEED to buy a physical copy when i'm independent. i want love like them now.

📖 ~ Nine Liars

rating: 3/5

i feared this day would come: the day where loml david eastman would be RUINED AND DONE DIRTY AND NOW HE HAS BEEN. tbh i was put off in the first few chapters coz stevie was being uncharacteristically horny and then david wasn't quite the same. NATE BLESS YOU ILY BABY MARRY ME. kept imagining him as WAYYY hotter in senior year and HE IS. and also sebastian was kinda hot. no? just me? ok.

the mystery itself was... fine ig. the lying part was cool. "it's not just one of you who's lying, it's all of you." THATWASSOSLAYOFSTEVIEBELL. aside from that the book was weird to me. it took me WEEKS to complete this book, i swear. idk if it's a good or bad thing that i cannot dnf books by will. and david just randomly breaking up w stevie got me 0.1% emotional coz how dare he. and THEN THE AUDACITY TO CHEAT IN THE ENDING NOT EVEN 10 HOURS AFTER BREAKING UP W QUEEN STEVIE THIS GUY BETTER BE DEAD NEXT BOOK (which has been confirmed) (pls don't die just be mortally injured or sumn) so yea. mr. eastman ruined this book for me, but the mystery helped it. idk what else to say man. nate fisher pls be mine.

🎬 ~ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

rating: 4/10

this is the most MEH mcu project i've ever watched. i was BORED. took me what, like, 2 days to watch this. that's a bad sign. when i was watching it i felt like i was watching high budget spy kids 3d—in a bad way. it felt very stagnant. the only thing i actually got mildly excited over was the post credits loki scene. excited for s2 now. well, good thing i didn't watch this in theatres. would've been a waste of money. also jentorra, murderbot guy and jellyman (vet) were cool.

🎬 ~ Mr. & Mrs. Smith

rating: 6.25/10

the married couple who're spies?? and they don't know about the other person being a spy too?? sign me up. this was spyxfamily's progenitor bet. brad pitt and angelina jolie's chemistry was PERFECT. and bro—whys brad pitt kinda yk... n e ways, it was a fun movie hehe. "who's your daddy now?" IS RENT FREE IN MY HEAD HAHAHAHAHA they were the plot frfr.

🎬 ~ Bullet Train

rating: 9.5/10

this movie took "everything happens for a reason" to a whole another level. a great action comedy. i'm so glad i went into this knowing almost nothing about it. i love how EVERYTHING connects together in one way or another haha. the dialogue, fights, cinematography? all on point. it has good re-watch value too hehe. this movie is basically chekov's gun on crack.

🎬 ~ Pathaan

rating: 8.5/10

ok i wasn't too excited about this movie but THOSE ACTION SCENES SOLD THIS FOR ME COZ THE FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY IS PERHAPS THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN IN BOLLYWOOD, and there were certain cinematic shots that made me go "CINΕΜA" like that underwater shot under the ice when rubina drowns and pathaan jumps in to save her. it was very fun. and all the references in this movie to War and Tiger Zinda Hai muahahahahahahaha i was LIVING. i want kabir, tiger and pathaan to team up pls i'll do anything pls pls pls. and tiger and pathaan have their muslim badass girlies so i can be kabir's muslim s/o *coughcough* n e ways.

deepika padukone's fight scenes? AΗΗΗΗΗΗHHH BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY EVER. i want katrina and her to kick ass on the big screen PLS. overall, it's a fun movie. tiger's cameo was >>>

📺 ~ Chainsaw Man (Season 1)

rating: 9.5/10

ladies and hoes, yes, you saw that right. i finally finished season 1. after 5 whole months, but oh well, it was worth it. i have stopped associating this with the bane of my existence YAYY. ok, so to the review.

ANIMATION 10/10. mappa was NOT playing around. the pacing was also good. HIMENO OH MY THAT SCENE WITH THE FIRST PERSON POV FDJSKSKS THAT WAS SO GOOD FOR NO REASON HIMENO IS SO HOT EJSJSKS AHHHH. and the chemistry btwn himeno and aki was kinda like damn bby uff—would support it deffo (if she weren't ded). speaking of which—AKI HAYAKAWA LOML BABY PRETTY BOY U'RE SO SLAY I WANT HIM SO BAD PLS (the spoilers that i know are very scary). AND ANGEL'S ALSO SO PRETTY Y'ALL NO ONE TOLD ME EJDJJS.

the kiss btwn himeno and denji was cool until it got ykwim. kobeni is so confusing, but she's an interesting character. makima—lord, she's lowkey terrifying. i have a very hate-love type opinion of her. i'm just MEGA suspicious of her tbh, so i don't trust her lil hot ass AT ALL.

and uhh, i didn't think pochita would be so significant to the storyline?? i thought it was just "poor guy becomes hero" type story but damn pochita got history huh? i look forward to seeing what's BEHIND THAT DOOR THAT'S SO INTERESTING IT TICKLES THAT ITCH IN MY BRAIN.

in conclusion: can't WAIT for season 2.

📖 ~ If You Could See The Sun

rating: 2.85/5

goodreads review: "my feelings for this book are like the moon, one side sweltering hot and the other stone cold." no idea if that analogy makes sense, but this is a... mid book. not something very GROUNDBREAKING. i was expecting something different, but i think my tastes are more literary oriented rather than commercial fiction. the story felt like a booktok book idea/pov/trope, which it technically was. i don't understand commercial fiction these days. i got the messages of elitism and its role in academia, and the very prominent theme of academic validation from the story. i related to the mc in SOME ways too, but when i tell you, she has NO personality. i literally cannot tell you a single proper trait that she possesses that is unique to her, and the book pulls off the telling method where they all go "oh she's so smart and intelligent" when there is NO INDICATOR of the mc being smart. it's shown that she's a HARDWORKER, but her intelligence is never displayed but instead spoonfed to the reader. and henry: mixed feelings about him too. he's a booktok bf type—personality is just... present but not very well-defined ig. i liked him in some parts, and didn't in some others, and the mc hates him so much that she makes it very apparent in her inner monologue how disgustingly attractive he is, which is a pet peeve for me. what i'm trying to say is: like most booktok type plots, the idea was GOOD, there was A LOT of potential, but the book ultimately fell short in its exceution, which barely passed the mark. the young adult book curse strikes.

📺 ~ Demon Slayer (Season 2)

rating: 9.75/10

I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO WATCHING IT AND LITERALLY BINGED ALL 11 EPISODES THE SAME NIGHT AND MY JAW WAS DROPPED AT 2AM. BUDDY, listen, those last 2-3 episodes? SERVED AND SOLD. absolute MADNESS, i tell you.

the animation went BONKERS CRAZY. i LOVED that explosion scene and cliffhanger ending of episode 10. no, forget that, episode 10 is the magnum opus of this season. the starting of that episode felt so hopeless—i really couldn't tell how tanjiro could've gotten out of that situation, and then it kept getting better and better and TENGEN. bro. UZUI TENGEN is just—love the guy (lookathisarmsbro-) dude's got mad crazy skills and i LOVED it. one thing i absolutely did not expect but also LOVED was the reveal of the brother half of Upper Six. it turned the tables in a good way, and the JOY in oyakata's voice and face when he finds out that they've defeated an Upper Moon and come out alive was beautiful. and it also got me thinking: if the fight against upper moon SIX was THIS level of MAD, just HOW can it get crazier than THIS???? man. i'm kind of excited a lil bit for season 3 now.

and kamaboko squad is JACKED fam like DAMN.

📖 ~ Idol Gossip

rating: 1.25/5

the purpose of this book completely escapes me. it just feels so INCOMPLETE. the ending was so abrupt. the characters felt flat, there was NO ROMANCE (i was banking on at least SOME proper development but the potential love interest came out as bisexual and that was it), and the protagonist had no personality, and most of the cast was pretty shite to her all the time. the writing was wattpad level in a bad way, like a preteen BTS fic sorta way—readable but immature. i felt like i read HALF a book and the author just shelved the rest of the manuscript. i just started reading this book coz it was downloaded on dad's laptop and the wifi was out. it was easy to read, but pointless. that's the review, ladies.