anastasia_raf's reviews
133 reviews

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.5

This book absolutely broke me. Full review to come...

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Fable by Adrienne Young

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh.

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.

Disappointed... I wanted well...more.
I have only read the Six Of Crows duology so I won't comment very much on Zoya and Nikolai since I don't know them from the past books, but they seem...flat? I felt nothing for them. I actually found Zoya interesting in the few scenes she appeared on the Six Of Crows books than here in the whole book!
Nina... Leigh Bardugo did her so dirty... That's not Nina. I get that she is a different person because of the grief but this is next level, the author seemed to not care about the story of this character everything felt forced especially *SPOILER* *SPOILER* *SPOILER* the romance between her and Hanne. I picked up this book for that exact reason, for the sapphic relationship and just no... And I'm really starting to believe that the way the author writes Nina and some scenes really have a fatphobic ring to them which I don't like at all.
It was a big disappointment for me, and I just had to DNF it.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Probably the Best Kiss in the World by Pernille Hughes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

Living, Loving & Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia, Steven Short

reflective medium-paced

Paper Towns by John Green

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0