cande_apple_read's Reviews (91)

Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love

Huma Qureshi

3.75

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

First and last story were my faves

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

4.5

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

L.A. Weather

María Amparo Escandón

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

4.5

adventurous funny informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Aslan

3.0

challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Empire of Wild

Cherie Dimaline

3.5

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Weird pacing

Writers & Lovers

Lily King

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Evidence of the Affair

Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

One Italian Summer

Rebecca Serle

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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