dabaucherry's reviews
9 reviews

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

5.0

Letters From Cardan to Jude by Holly Black

5.0

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

4.0

The Wicked King by Holly Black

4.0

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

4.0

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

Altered my brain chemistry. I was hooked. The amount of things I felt in the last chapter are unexplainable. I absolutely love how the secret history does not romanticize the concept of dark academia but actually shows the truth. the characters, oh the characters, absolutely marvellous. at times, the book got me questioning the narrator himself. "was everything he narrating the truth? for all we know he could be telling us bits and pieces" but despite all of that, I would honestly recomment this book to anyone who's looking into venturing in the dark academia genre.

all the greek mythology references were like a cherry on top for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Gore, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Blood

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

One of the best book's I read. I read this book when I got into reading and god, I was bewitched by the writing. The ending was not something I expected.