agwheeler's reviews
70 reviews

Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I have no words. Only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was the foreshadowing (which I love as a literary tool) was a bit too frequent/detailed - but that might also be my ADHD picking up on patterns earlier than I should

All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

3.0

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward

3.75

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

2.75

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

4.0

A Selfie as Big as the Ritz: Stories by Lara Williams

3.5

Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0