_the_booknerd_'s Reviews (120)

A Touch of Ruin

Scarlett St. Clair

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Touch of Darkness

Scarlett St. Clair

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really loved it

Blaze the Phoenix - Trial by Fire

Aravind Prem

4.5

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

Elif Shafak

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is so heart touching.

Ponniyin Selvan | പൊന്നിയിൻ സെൽവൻ

Kalki

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Swati Khatri

2.25

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Initial parts are good. But it's lagging later on.

Credence

Penelope Douglas

2.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Forbidden romance, age gap romance....

Consumed by a Season

Kelleen Goerlitz

3.5

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

It's about Postpartum depression. Very emotional read.

The Seventh Cup

Nitesh Kumar Jain

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's an interesting read but slow paced and boring initially. The story was predictive.

Graceful Burdens

Roxane Gay

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book is something different. Will leave a knot in your heart. How can someone deny an individual 's right to give birth!!!! I don't know whether such a place exists or not. Great work.

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