aimeenotpond's reviews
122 reviews

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

I'm confused, but I understood more than I thought I would.

The Details by Ia Genberg

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

emotional lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Sometimes you just have to sit in your car in a summer storm with a punnet of strawberries and read a summer rom-com.

Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson, Mike Lowery

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Summer by Edith Wharton

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Lonelier and more melancholic than I was anticipating or hoping for. Not at all bad but also definitely has the feel of a book I'd pick apart in Nat 5 English and have a lifelong hatred for afterwards.

Des cannibales suivi de Des coches by Michel de Montaigne
Did not finish book. Stopped at 54%.

I don’t absolutely have to read Des coches for uni and the less reading I need to do the better.

If This Is a Man & The Truce by Primo Levi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.

Contains two books and only If This Is a Man is on my reading list for Oxford. If I have time, I'll come back and also read The Truce!

Se questo è un uomo by Primo Levi

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

4.75

Reading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, the Conversations They Spark and Why They Matter by Carol Atherton

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Do you love books? You will love this book about books! (I fear I may have to make my career in teaching literature now…)

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

A Little Life but slightly less traumatic and far more Glaswegian. 

(I can’t recommend listening to this in audiobook format because, though it was good to hear a Scottish accent, this is definitely one you’ll want to dip in and out of, and I think that’d be easier in print.)