blrobin2's reviews
528 reviews

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.

I was just so bored

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse by Jackson MacKenzie

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Hysteria by Jessica Gross

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

The characterization feels "textbook" in how it uses BPD to inform the protagonist. That said, the book arrives somewhere that feels authentic, but it takes around half the book to do so.

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

The Churn by James S.A. Corey

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Drive by James S.A. Corey

fast-paced

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

2.5