aspiring_reader's Reviews (18)

Who Fears Death

Nnedi Okorafor

DID NOT FINISH: 39%

Went on vacation and then when I came back I didn't care enough lol
funny lighthearted fast-paced
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ponyboy

Eliot Duncan

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

Too electrically trans and/or can't stand author's writing style

The Almost Moon

Alice Sebold

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

Didn't grip me as well as it did in the first few chapters. Things slowed to a weird halt and I found myself slogging through it

Laurus

Eugene Vodolazkin

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Got tired of lack of quotation marks and the world building wasn't doing it for me