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Lasher by Anne Rice

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

There's a lot going on with this book. Like Louis said about Lestat in the show: He is a lot. Because Anne rice it's a lot. 

I had read taltos when I had like seventeen or eighteen and didn't know it was a trilogy about The Mayfairs witches but now with the show going on I decided to revisit the books .

This it's a mammoth of a book it took me nearly sic months because basically I hated the characters so much: lasher, Michael and Mona having an affair, Rowan leaving with lasher to be utterly ravaged and nearly destroy. But near the half it started to grow on me that Anne rice it's a master crafting the darkness and the whole unlikeable moral. 

There is no gray 🩶 lovely character like Lestat Well maybe Julien Mayfair so this was hard to finish but when I get to the point I'm on half of it... I literally devoured the whole thing. 

Because the thing is that Anne Rice remind me of my youth. Its like I know I will not recommend this lightly I'm mean the whole Mona having thirteen and be a nimphomaniac I did not like it. It deals with a lot of dark issues but when I was young I adore this dark themes. Anne Rice will never leave you indifferent to her work. Either you love her or hate her. I love her. 

Now I'm just going to try to read taltos this part of the year I had left .

Save Me by Mona Kasten

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Read as many books as you can. Always chose courage. Never watch another woman burn.Know that love is the only answer 

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I only like Miao Dao. 

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

El misterio del cuarto amarillo by Gaston Leroux

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

Que manera de pegarme una sopapeada al final. Fue muy francés muy Arsene Lupin se cruza con tin tin definitivamente me gustó. Quiero leer algo de material teórico para acompañarlo, porque el que venía de extra (las cartas de Leroux defendiendo la novela de aventuras me sorprendió)

Lambs of God by Marele Day

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

I like it a lot. But the ended it was different that I expected. I have mixed feelings about it. The show take the story to another level but I like the both. I couldn't picture Ignatius as anyone but Sam Reid and he is also in the cover of the Spanish edition.

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.5