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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
dark
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
4.25
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
2.75
My third and favourite Wells, though still not enough to live up to the hype for me.
Deliver Me by Elle Nash
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This just didn't come together for me. The surrounding characters felt too amorphous for most of the book, there was a lack of tension that I felt like had been promised, and I just felt like it dragged on. By the time we got to the the climax, I just didn't really care.
This could just be a case of right book/wrong person - I saw that this was meant to be a creepy, tense horror book (even that it was meant to be quite gory) but for the first nearly 70% it leaned more into an exploration of growing up in a small town and in the church. The disturbing undertones didn't come through enough for me and I was left wanting more.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC; this books comes out today (Oct 3rd) so if a slowburn is more your style then this might be for you.
This could just be a case of right book/wrong person - I saw that this was meant to be a creepy, tense horror book (even that it was meant to be quite gory) but for the first nearly 70% it leaned more into an exploration of growing up in a small town and in the church. The disturbing undertones didn't come through enough for me and I was left wanting more.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC; this books comes out today (Oct 3rd) so if a slowburn is more your style then this might be for you.
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5