Top Ten Tuesday: I've Changed My Mind

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme held by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's topic is: A free week; so I decided to go back and do the prompt from May 24th, "Books I feel differently about after time has passed".



Opinion Lowered

Queen of Shadows: Here's the thing, Throne of Glass was my favourite series, until this book. I inhale read Queen of Shadows as soon as it came out. I walked into my bookstore at opening and read, stopping for nothing. I had reactions well reading. I finished, gave it a 5* and wrote a praise-filled review on Goodreads. Went to sleep. Then I woke up, having had the book sit for so many hours I started to realize how mad I was. And I just kept getting madder and madder. And come to realize that I pretty much hate the book. Even 10 months later I'm still angry. Maas took everything I loved and wanted from the series and destroyed it. So that review I have for Queen of Shadows is false. But I like keeping it around to remind me of the few hours I believed I loved that book.

Ruin and Rising: Again, love The Grisha Trilogy and this was another situation where after some time I came to realize how unhappy I was with this finale. What really did it was that my pre-order shipped about two weeks before release date. So I read Ruin and Rising before anybody; that I knew of. Then the day comes where I can actually discuss the book, my friends had read it, and nothing out of my mouth was positive. That's when I had that huh moment. I was actually pretty pissed off with Bardugo for taking the easy way out and not being brave enough. You can probably guess my two biggest issues; hint, I hated Mal from the get-go and loved The Darkling. But much more than that.

Confess: Colleen Hoover is the queen. I eat up her books like I'm starving for some excellent fiction. So I think this was a case of being blind until I close the book. I like Confess, it just isn't my favourite of CoHo's books. After some time had passed, I realized I wasn't thinking about the story or missing it like I usually do. So I had a quick think and yea, Auburn is a massive idiot who needed to grow a backbone. There was a major case of insta-love that not even close to being believable. Ultimately, I have no desire to ever reread it, and if you know me that's really saying something. 

Losing It: This is a case of just realizing there's better out there. Losing It was one of the first NA's I read years ago. And I finally did a reread the other day, for the first time. I still like it. It's fun, cute and enjoyable. But I've massively expanded my NA repertoire these past few years; this includes reading a lot more from Cora Carmack, she's a favourite author of mine. Losing It just hasn't stood the test of time. It's good but not as good as I thought 2-3 years ago. I also know Cora has better books out there.

Twlight: Surprise surprise. Obviously not. What's there really to be said? I still appreciate Twilight for introducing me into the YA genre. But c'mon, it's not the masterpiece I once believed it to be. In fact, it's highly problematic in a lot of  places. So yes, as I've explored and changed as a reader over all these years, Twilight has lost some of what it once was to me. It's not great, and I know that now. But it will always hold a special place in my reader heart.

Opinion Raised

Daughter of Smoke and Bone: I'm not sure if I underappreciated DoSaB when I first read it years ago or if by rereading it recently via audio enhanced my reading experience(the narrator is brilliant). Either way, I changed my rating from a 3 to a 4.5 because this book/series is gold. Sorry, it took me years to figure that out.

The Martian: Watching the movie last year, which I think is on point, brought book feelings forward. Mainly I figured out that the book is even more clever and funny. The movie skipped a few things but also for it to be that good it had to come from great material. So pretty much the movie made me appreciate the book even more; which is some how possible.

Allegiant: Here's a controversial one. Yes, I'm in the minority here; I loved Allegiant. And honestly, after years of it continuously being bashed, I just want to love it even more. I appreciate where Roth took the story. I like the dual POV. And no, I didn't find them to be too similar. Yup, I'm still heartbroken, but also I think that scene made perfect sense and kudos to Roth being brave enough to write her book the way she wanted to.

A Court of Mist and Fury: This might be cheating a little because I don't really think my love for this book can get any bigger. But it's almost been two months and I've yet to go a day without thinking about the glorious epicness that is this GAME CHANGING masterpiece. Best chapter 55 in the history of chapter 55's.

Krista & Becca Ritchie: With every book throughout The Addicted/Calloway Sisters series that I read I gained more and more respect and love for what these twin goddesses were giving me; writing. Their stories are brilliant. Their characters even more so. And becoming a fan of them as authors and people through their books and online presence, well my love for them grows all the time. I want them to succeed so much with every new venture their announce. They deserve so much. I adore them and that grows exceptionally all the time.


Agree or disagree with any of these? Hook up your TTT's below!

Happy reading!

Brittany