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122 reviews

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Delilah Green doesn’t care and I don’t care about Delilah Green. 

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It took me 107 years to finish this but I’m so happy I did. It’s giving Harry Potter meets ACOTAR meets CC meets TOG.

Also would sacrifice my life for Andarna any day. 

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? No

5.0

Amaze 👽🛸🩶

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Choices were made…and not the good kind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Damn, this would’ve been a good book club book. Love the concept, love the resourceful and self-aware FMC, love the supporting characters, love that it made me actually think, love (for the most part) how it wrapped up. I forgive the loose ends that weren’t tied up because of how great the rest of the book was. 10/10 would recommend. 

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

Sometimes you just need a terrible thriller book with 374 plot twists and 0 synapses firing for any character. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I’ve been curious about this one for a long time and it was what I was expecting. A lot of grief and a lot of food.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Why knot take a crazy chance?

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

Edge of Tomorrow by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

The manly men 😩smash😩 and 🥵kill🥵 while the 🤮bitchy🤮 women 💦breasted boobily💦. That sums this up.