bgaura's reviews
123 reviews

In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

dark sad medium-paced

1.5

Rage by Richard Bachman

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.5

The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hell House: A Novel by Richard Matheson

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Man, how many times are you going to go back into the house. This book solves the true mystery of how to exorcize a ghost, make fun of it! There was definitely some cool elements and scary scenes but it didn’t really do it for me. One of the big “reveals” in the end was just what I thought was obvious the whole story. Not my fav!

Needful Things by Stephen King

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The Shining by Stephen King

5.0

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East

adventurous dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.0