Review: 2020 on Goodreads

2020 on Goodreads by Various
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I tragically failed my rating of 2019 so look at me overcompensating by going ALL OUT for my 2020 review! Enjoy!

Highlights:
: I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. It explores faith from a cynical viewpoint that eventually flips in the face of the author's own discoveries. I didn't entirely agree with him, but I really enjoyed the strength of his conviction.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: This was a strange read for me, because I really enjoyed it without actually really knowing why. It was a unique feeling, which is what made it such a highlight. I just enjoyed the experience of it.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: Going back and re-reading this trilogy after 20-odd years was such a delight. I really love this world so this time around I absorbed a lot more of the details, and it made me fall in love with it even more. It's definitely a comfort world for me, so felt fitting to escape the drama of 2020 into Middle Earth.
Review(s):
FotR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
TTT: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
RotK: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: This just ticked all the boxes for me. I'm a big Aladdin fan so this was full of things I loved, and even though the politics were a little confusing I got so swept up in the story. It caught me by surprise and I fell in love with it more than I expected to.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: It was a short story but it was so captivating! Whimsical is the word that always comes to mind when I want to describe it; it's real, and a little gritty, but there is this unique, dark beauty to it. Really enjoyed the way it had my imagination running wild.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: It's been a while since I read a self-help book that affected me quite so much as this one did. It just makes so much sense, and I really enjoyed the practical, honest way it was all set out. It's a book that I encourage everyone to read.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Disappointments:
: I wanted this to be so much more thrilling than it was. I think it just worked too hard to be a standalone novel, where it would have really benefited from more world-building. I scored an autographed copy, too, so I'm sad it turned out to be such a miss for me.
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: This was influenced heavily by my favourite book of all time, The Three Musketeers, only it included angels. I figured it was destined to be one of my favourite reads of 2020 but it ended up being one of my biggest disappointments. It had very little to do with the original story I love so much, and instead just borrowed character names and smooshed them into this world that was far too confusing. It broke my heart a little, to be honest.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

: I expected this to be so much more interesting than it was; it ended up being slow and messy and even though it had cool mantis monsters to give it an extra star, they weren't enough to save it from a savage review.
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: Oh boy did this one do me in. I was so keen to read it - I loved Eragon, and even though the rest of that series fell apart for me I figured enough time had passed for this guy to pick up his writing game a fair bit. I was wrong. It was dull, repetitive and about 500 pages longer than it should have been.
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