bridge_enginerd's Reviews (674)

The Fox Wife

Yangsze Choo

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

I loved this story. Incredibly silly fox-as-humans shenanigans, heart-tugging, evocative.

Content Warnings

Butts: A Backstory

Heather Radke

4.0

informative medium-paced

Outlawed

Anna North

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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: Yes

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-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: No

I guess I’m a horror girlie now.

Sunbringer

Hannah Kaner

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

Oh how I yelled when I realized this wasn’t a duology.

Shadow Scale

Rachel Hartman

4.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: No

It was the romance that made me like Seraphina, but it was the friendships that shone in this sequel.

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

3.0

informative medium-paced

Reasonably interesting, but I don’t love the pathologization of autism and fatness. The audiobook narrator was pleasant to listen to.

Content Warnings

The Twisted Ones

T. Kingfisher

3.0

dark funny tense 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: No

Not my favorite T. Kingfisher book, but I loved Bongo and Foxy.

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.0

dark mysterious 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: Yes

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