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England on Fire: A Visual Journey Through Albion's Psychic Landscape by Stephen Ellcock, Adam Gordon
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
inspiring collection of artworks
Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
More a collection of connected short stories and poems than a novel, I really enjoyed this. It's ambitious and creative.
The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I enjoy a slow-build atmospheric novel. But this was not that, instead it was just poorly paced. The prose was neither awful nor good, but the dialogue was clunky and unbelievable. The ending was ridiculous and far too fast. And throughout there was this tendency, common in this era of terrible reading comprehension, to lecture the reader about what exactly they are supposed to take away from the book and what the themes of the book are. I hate that.
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
good, but a little clunky in places.
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Excellent. Teenage queerness in all its messy, beautiful, filthy, embarrassing, awful, cringeworthy glory. Fay was painfully familiar to me to the point it was sometimes physically painful to read.
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Liked it a lot. Went a bit off the rails and over-sentimental with the Leannan Si stuff but came back for the ending.
Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
beautifully written, wonderfully creative. Very, very good.
The Darlings of the Asylum by Noel O'Reilly
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
ended up skimming it. It's alright. Characterisation is thin and just like the last asylum novel I read there's little to no insight into the subject.
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Angry, sad book. Wish it wasn't so insistent on undercutting its own points with overexplanation though.