coralinejones's reviews
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We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.

Chapters were too lengthy. A lot of description which leads to a bunch of nothing. Really interesting premise but it takes exceptionally long to get there because of the slice-of-life elements that really overpower the rest of this novel.

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.75

I missed Annabeth this entire book

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

funny lighthearted 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

2.75

Corny. I really hate these books.

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.0

The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny medium-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? Yes

5.0

Legendary. Iconic

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

White woman goes to Hong Kong and is incredibly insufferable and selfish the entire time.

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

fast-paced

2.75

What kind of poetry is this.

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

This is the most important book I've read all year.

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

This book was corny as hell. Some parts were cozy and enjoyable to read; I heavily enjoyed the description of their apartment, and I loved how atmospheric the author made New York City feel. Though, I don't think that's very hard considering... But the rest of it fell flat to me. The idea behind the subway was cool (and all that comes with that) but ended up being repetitive and hard to read after a while (The sex... Jesus. I hated it). There was just too many words. Too many side plots, cringe ass dialogue, white woman humor; I found myself caring less and less about Jane and August's relationship after they slowly got together, which is wild, since the entire book revolves around just that. The plot twist was interesting and unexpected, but again, once we really got into that whole plot line I didn't care so much, I was just waiting for it to be wrapped up.

Definitely a lot better when it was just a found-family, learning-to-love-yourself, learning-how-to-make-friends-in-your-early-20s type of book. I almost wish the entire novel was about Myla and Niko instead of August and Jane, lmao. But, you know, I'm not really into Romance or New Age Adult Fiction or Contemporary fiction to begin with. Eh.

Also some parts were really tone deaf. But I'll give the author some points as you can tell they did their best to research the diversity they included. They did an earnest job at trying to be inclusive and accurate about it but, as someone whose apart of these spaces (Gay, black, trans, even astrology alike) I was really rolling my eyes at certain points. Like ohhhhhhhhhhh brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

adventurous lighthearted medium-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? No

5.0