angie82's reviews
83 reviews

The Sky is Falling by Lorenza Mazzetti

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

HHhH by Laurent Binet

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fire Punch, Vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn

informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.75

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up by K.C. Cole
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

I really wanted to love this book, and the first half which read like a straightforward biography was great, but the second half felt repetitive and read more like a mix of Frank Oppenheimer’s essays and thoughts, but without any feeling of a chronological narrative. It’s such a shame as he sounds like a fascinating and complicated man with an interesting life story. Perhaps this would’ve been more successful for me if it had been a biography written by the author at the beginning, followed separately by some essays, photographs and even perhaps illustrations of some of the museum displays and experiments discussed?

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Penny Wilson, Greg King

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.75