caitlin_a's reviews
400 reviews

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman

informative slow-paced

4.0

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

emotional reflective 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

3.5

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

adventurous emotional informative fast-paced

3.75

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging dark reflective slow-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

5.0

Loveless by Alice Oseman

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Georges Perec

reflective 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

4.5

things-4/5
a man asleep-5/5

Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

i love ocean vuong so much this poetry collection was breathtaking. favorite poems: not even, dear rose, toy boat, amazon history of a former nail salon worker, the last dinosaur, + snow theory