alienor_kerjan's reviews
262 reviews

Partager peut tout changer by Laurent de Cherisey

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

challenging sad slow-paced

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

3.25

The beginning was hard to get through, and though understandable, Jeanie’s actions are infuriating.

Also, though during the last two or three chapters, things seem to be looking up, it is heavily implied that she will refuse any helping hand.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Les mots sont apatrides by RF Monté

informative fast-paced

5.0

Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

I'd give it half a star for the setting and one star for the disabled representation but I couldn't get passed the humanisation of nazis.

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

A lovely story about lexicography and the women of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau

adventurous fast-paced

4.25

Semiosis by Sue Burke

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is a tad gory, especially at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War