aubri13's reviews
35 reviews

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Holy cow, what a rollercoaster of a book. I’m a big fan of Frieda McFadden  lol and i plan on reading all of her books because this one was so good! What seems like a straightforward mystery takes you on a wild ride of deception, lost love, and family lies that will have you flying through the pages I usually figure out who the killer is in mysteries and let me tell you I did NOT see that ending coming! I highly recommended to anyone who is looking for an unputdownable read that will have them gasping by the end!

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

medium-paced

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

4.0

We're supposed to fall in love with the oh-so-swoony Comrad because he drinks and punches walls and gets into fights... but this dude has as much personality as a brick. Conrad was meant to be the brooding bad boy in this story, but he was equally as selfish and immature as Belly. There was nothing swoon-worthy about him!! The "romance" was dificult to support because it was riddled with miscommunication and love tringes. The characters would consistently use one another with ulterior motives, and none of the couples felt like a cohesive partnership.

TEAM JELLY!!!

Don't Let Me Fall by Kelsie Rae

fast-paced

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

4.0

The first half of the book was good and cute and kept me intrigued as to how it would pan out. I really enjoyed reading fram colts perspective and felt he was much more of developed than Ash’s character. The book took a turn about halfway through it was an expected turn and yet i was left feeling like the characters weren't being true to who I’ve been reading about throughout the whole first half. The overall story itself was good and the writing was also really good But I felt like there needed to be more develoment. some of the plat points took a 90° turn without much substance. I really did enjoy the book and the characters and saw what Kelsie Rae was trying to do I just felt like I needed more depth throughout the ending.

Ward D by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The overall story is fantastic and as usual with McFadden, it's always a thriller that keeps you on your loes unill a crazy plot twist or insane reveal happens. Even though "Ward D" is a genwine pageturner, actually expected more from the ending. It was good but I was hoping for just a bit more. Especially affer some events and situations that transpired involving some parts that werent all that believable to me. Especially when it came to the main protagonist. Regardless, I genvinely enjoued reading this as I always do when it comes to Mcradden. Lexi and I had some pretty good and on point theories. Mine turned out to be almost perfectly on point

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Alicia is one of the few parts of the story I really enjoyed. I found this novel to be slow. It is a slow burn of a read, but at times it's a little too slow. Most of the action happens in the last fourth of the novel. Maybe even less. Everything goes from zero to a hundred real quick. the twist that occurs is really good. Truthfully, I was blindsided by it. I think the twist is set up well, it’s the other part of the novel that I full-heartedy enjoyed by the way. With that being said, part of it is hard to process. This novel is set up a litte oddly. Outside of the journal entries, the timeline is linear. Until the twist occurs and then readers find out part of the story is set in the past, and I'm not talking about the journal entries. Once a reader process the twist, the book is basically over.

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The novel starts off promising. Extremely promising, actually. It begins with the high-wire act of an unnamed wife sneaking out on her abusive husband to meet her lover, to what potentially seems like a violent abduction. And then we switch to one of the bleakest sequences i've read in a while, with a young girl, Dellah, hatching an escape from a disgusting, pitch black basement, where she's spent years enduring imaginable horrors at the hands of her backwoods captors, personally i thought it started off slow.

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Crazy Plot twist at the end i did not see coming! Such a good book I couldn't put it down!! chose this book because I love psycholodical thrillers! I was intriqued by the Title of the book. I don't believe in perfect marriage but, I do believe in forgiveness Sarah appeared to me as totally devoted to her job and success! I didn't like her treatment of her assistant Anne or hour she behaved toward her husband Adam. She was very successful in her inh and evidenty made partner in the firm. he appears like a snoo and feels she is better then anyone working in her affice. Her husband hasn't written a best seller in years. Sarah seems to be the breadwinner in the relationship. Adam doesn't feel appreciated by his wife and decides he needs someone who does. He's having an affair with another woman named Kelly, who is also married!

You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Julie truly seems to be at the end of her world. She and Sam had made plans to move interstate after high school graduation and start the next phase of their life together. Now all of this has disappeared in an instant. She was never a social butterfly. but Sam was one part of her steady social life. Now she has isolated herself. barely even speaking to her mother despite living under the same roof Sam was on his way to pick her up from the bus stop when a truck slammed into his car. Some of his friends blame Julie for his death. Worrying that they may be right, julie further suffocates from her grief.

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is exactly the type of thriller with a supernatural edge to it. Terrific job of keeping me on the hook and I loved the manner in which the drawings are added seamlessly into the story, magnifying Mallory's paranoia. I studied Them very carefully! The interactions between the four Characters are also terrific. Ted and Caroline as Mallory's employers hold all the power, but her obsession with the drawings trumps even that. Supernatural thrillers do not get much slicker than Hidden Pictures and I appreciated the twists lurking within the tightly written story.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Kya soon learns to fend for herself, to hide from strangers, or from the school Truant officers. She must learn how to forage for food, how to cook, how io find her way around the marsh, and how to live with her abandonment, always hoping that her mother will return. Eventually, she begins to seek refuge amongst the Creatures of the marsh, learning their langunge and their habits, making a famin out of guls and herons and hawks. Meanwhile, the novel pulls us into Kya's future. When a body is found in the marsh, with no witnesses, and no evidence to explain how i got there, The local townspeope seek someone to bame, and Kyp's strange life. on the marsh falls under suspicion.