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42 reviews

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Galatea by Madeline Miller

dark emotional reflective fast-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

5.0

Merrick by Anne Rice

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

to quote myself: any character in any anne rice's book is like pedophile until proven not pedophile

this book could've been way better if this rices wasn't so fucking obsessed with making her characters groomers and pedophiles. and one thing that surprised me was seeing how at least 3 characters called out david talbot in some way for being a NONCE.

this book is entirely from the pov of david talbot (yuck) telling the story of how he met AND GROOMED powerful witch merrick mayfair since she was 14 years old.

some things i liked about this book was:
- how scary the magic was (i don't know how respectful was anne rice of voodoo practices so i can't talk much more about this).
- the expeditions à la tomb raider and uncharted
- louis and david's friendship and overall dynamic since founding in eachother what lestat couldn't give them.

merrick is a star, merrick slay, merrick is so cool and scary that i love to come out of this book with another character that i liked a lot.

Gay Giant by Gabriel Ebensperger

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom by James Romm

adventurous emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

would've liked more from the monster's pov. that was my favorite part of the book.
frankenstein is annoying. 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

5.0

Sins of the Cities of the Plain by Jack Saul

2.5