cybermathwitch's Reviews (553)

Bunny

Mona Awad

3.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Best I can describe this is psychotically mixed up cross between The Secret History and Revolutionary Girl Utena, but written while on a really bad trip of some kind.
I don’t think I liked it, but I’m tentatively concerned that may have something to do with the narration of the audiobook. Would I have felt differently about it if I’d read it in print? Possibly? Maybe? I don’t know. That said I don’t think that I care enough at the end of the day to try reading it again to find out.

I will say that I had some serious questions about Ava’s reality from the very first scene. I don’t think that predictability in and of itself is a bad thing and I certainly don’t ding a book or rate it any lower just because I saw what was coming. However, it kind of feels like the author sacrificed either leaving the twists ambiguous to the reader to ponder, and/or the power of any individual twist by just including all the twists.
Also, I have very little patience for the ideas and tropes around what does or doesn’t make something “art” or valuable, and while I think the book in some ways was trying to subvert those ideas, it kind of just reinforces them by its very existence. So.

Christmas Candles

Mary Jo Putney

4.0

emotional hopeful relaxing tense fast-paced

Soar High

Cherise Sinclair

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Talia Hibbert

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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

What You See

Cherise Sinclair

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Talia Hibbert

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Talia Hibbert

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Though not technically listed as an autistic character, as a woman who is dealing with a late/adult autism diagnosis, I see a lot of my own struggles with dealing with my emotions, self-care, and personal interactions in Dani when I read this book.