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52 reviews

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane C. Ortlund

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

The message of the book was lovely but it felt a bit repetitive and seemed pretty surface level for a lot of it. Would have been great to dig deeper into some deeper ideas and some real life stories and examples of Gods love at work today

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely the best book I’ve read this year so far. Beautiful, Heartbreaking and every other emotion in between. A absolutely brilliant book 

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Did not finish book.

Too young for me

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Literally everything you could want from a rom-com book! Loved loved loved it.

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

I loved this book as a fun holiday read but the only thing that spoiled it was the weird restaurant ending which LITERALLY had an "and everyone clapped" moment. It felt so false and cheesy it was just a bit....ehhhh.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Verity by Colleen Hoover

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Would absolutely be a 5 star read if the writing style wasn’t quite as “wattpad esch” as it is at times. The story itself was so good though and left me with so many questions (team letter or team manuscript?!) I stayed up until 3am reading this 😅 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy

Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems, 1979-2006 by Wendy Cope

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

BEAUTIFUL 😍

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

Some nice words but I wouldn’t say it was “poetry” as such. More like motivational quotes with line breaks. It reads well as a book of quotes but lacked the depth, creativity and flow that poetry needs.