betzi_star's reviews
33 reviews

Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Colony by Audrey Magee

3.75

I Called Him Necktie by Milena Michiko Flašar

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Blue Bamboo: Tales by Dazai Osamu by Osamu Dazai

reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Complete Sonnets and Poems: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

Will probably return to this at some point 

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

slow-paced

3.75

The Penelopiad: The Play by Margaret Atwood

fast-paced

4.0