alexjarvis's Reviews (474)

The Perfect Girlfriend

Hayley Smith

2.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such a loving couple

Hayley Smith

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Replacement Wife

Darby Kane

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Her Missing Daughter

D.S. Butler

2.0

tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

The main character is an idiot. She repeats everything every five minutes, and doesn't understand even the most obvious things.

I also didn't like the writing style. There's no need to *constantly* use the characters' names. It was distracting. I also think it's a strange choice to have the main character describe what someone is wearing when she's supposed to be distressed and in a hurry. Overall this just wasn't for me.

The Retreat

Mark Edwards

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

I did enjoy this book, but there were lots of little things that I didn't like.

Characters' names get repeated constantly even when it's not necessary at all. The main character thinks about how beautiful his love interest is all the time (yes, okay, she's beautiful, we get it. but is that really relevant right now?!). The story was a bit too far fetched. And the audiobook's narrator annoyed me at times.