aruarian_melody's reviews
466 reviews

Nicht das was ich mir erhofft habe. So wichtig Bücher zu diesem Thema sind, fühlte sich dieses eher an wie ein persönliches Ärger ablassen. Ich habe mir meistens mehr Tiefe gewünscht und fand die selbst aufgestellten Fragen wurden oft nicht vollständig beantwortet. Ich bin gerade nicht in der Stimmung für einen Rant. 

Loved the first setting but I somehow completely lost interest starting chapter 2. The atmosphere was very different and I didn't click with the writing style at all. 50 pages in and. Struggle to pick up the book again. From what I've seen, this is very much Tell don't Show, which just isn't what I enjoy. I'm moving on before I slide into a reading slump. I do still think that it is great to have more diverse books and I'm happy to see that a book with a lot of representation is so beloved in general. 

I'm excited to see more books on this topic and I think this one did a great job at questioning the status quo and giving real life examples of what else could be possible. While I appreciated the very real examples, I think the book was missing something beyond this anecdotal evidence at times. Still, if the aim was to highlight how friendship is and how giving it more room in your life could benefit you, it did a great job. I'd maybe suggest to pair this with Platonic by Marisa Franco, which dives into how to actively work on improving your friendships. 

These just don't work as an audiobook for me, despite the excellent performance. 

Writing style is very different from the first book which was mostly first person/epistolary format. Without this I just very quickly lost interest and decided to not continue with the series.

Perfect mix of informative and entertaining. The information was very well structured and the real life examples were both interesting and fitting. I flew through this and learned a ton. Will definitely check out more by the author.

Good overview on project management concepts and tools. Personally, I would have loved more focus on the tools than on trying to highlight why PM is so important. The author also tended to describe successful real life projects but didn't quite manage to show WHY these were successful. Still, it is a good starting point. I'm not sure how much of this I will be able to apply for projects in academia which have different rules regarding funding, scope, risk and time frames. While the author says the book should be very accessible and applicable to many different settings, it is very much focused on projects in companies (including spending a lot of time on when to axe a project for another one). 

Perfect beach read - very engaging and not too deep. In that context I didn't mind the flaws that might have otherwise deterred me. I don't love the chosen one trope and the things these girls supposedly did at very young ages were ridiculous. I also didn't love that all of the cultures of this fantasy setting were clearly heavily inspired by real Asian cultures while the author isn't part of these cultures (as far as I could tell after a quick search). 
Still, the first person writing and epistolary format really worked for me (as long as I didn't think too hard about if it makes sense to tell this story this way to the supposed recipient of the letter). 
So while it was not perfect, I flew through this and enjoyed the ride.

King is really good at writing kids and their fears but I lost interest eventually. I'm aware of a scene very late in the book that I know would be a hard sell for me, so when I just felt indifferent after over 400 pages I didn't see this book improving for me and decided to move on.

Didn't keep me engaged. The concept is great but for once I felt like Pratchett's tone didn't work with the serious theme presented.