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16 reviews

Cockroach by Rawi Hage

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

obsessed.... a piece where surrealism and realism meet and nothing could've prepared me for how i'd feel these last 5 days. A real life, with very real problems but with a touch of insanity, cockroach successfully represents the normal life of an immigrant going through "l3orba" and a very dark past. I cannot describe how much I enjoyed this book.
Wildwood by Colin Meloy

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adventurous challenging tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Everything about this should've given whimsical fairy tale forest adventure but it didn't. I was trapped in a world of gun powder, politics and military, which is my worst nightmare when it comes to this type of books. The illustrations are the only serve in this book,  if i ever touch this book again it'll be just to skip thru the drawings girl...
Paper Towns by John Green

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

Just terrible. Cant believe i spent almost a month trying to finish this book, boring as hell, definetly a product for those fake deep tumblr 2014 ppl.The ending act was somewhat getting somewhere but then it just ended. Characters not developed enough to be saying all that sht like...
Fiendish Schemes by K.W. Jeter

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I loved the writing style and the scenes described. I wish the Iron Lady would've got more screen time, though.
The Dream Snatcher by Abi Elphinstone

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

pretty chidlish in some parts, other parts (towards the end) you'd think this is a +16 book. The plot was pretty insipid, the characters don't let you create a mental bond with them because how how one dimensional they are... tbh nothing remarkable.
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I laughed, I smiled, I cried, I sobbed... These are the kind of stories that stay with you forever. I hope Trond and Jon live a good life (they're so queer coded). 
The last pages of this book brought me to TEARS. The way he said the most devastating and heart-wrenching things like they were nothing will always make me cry. I'll keep having flashes of this book in the future inside my head, and i'll just cry a little every time. Some parts in the middle got too heavy, though.
Little Bee by Chris Cleave

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adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Honestly so many mixed thoughts with this book. There were moments where I couldn't help tearing up, there were other moments were I felt like I couldn't wait to just finish and get over the book. I defiantly feel like all the praise overhyped it but anyways, good for the author. The star of the show were deifnetly the scenes dominated by Little Bee and Charlie's relationship, those were the moments were I couldn't help but burst out in tears like they're the goodies.
Physik by Angie Sage

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adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Septimus lowkey a loser. I would've just launched a fireball against the witch
Daredevils by Shawn Vestal

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This preacher's daughter coded serve... its so dark and unsettling. No one of fhe characters is really likeable, they're just normal people with big flaws like everybody else (some worse than the others) I find that the women in here are victims, each one of them, even ruthless Ruth. Wish we got more in depth with Boyd's story bc he seems like such an interesting character. Found myself wanting to read more about what happens next, is this the freedom she desperately needed? did she like it after the rush of adrenaline wore out? did she get her pink car with a matching tussy lipstick? 
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Oliver you're a loser and I find your lack of emotion ennuyé. somehow relatable tho. hope things get better for him somehow.