daisyro24's reviews
243 reviews

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

Dramatic, poetic, gothic, a bit funny at times, love love loved it

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Give Eileen her credit for George’s work!!! Brilliant book that does what it sets out to do amazingly well - really great to read too

In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

Wasn’t capturing me

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

This started off very interesting but became quite heavy and I felt like strayed from the point a little. It was important stuff to write about but felt like it could have been a separate essay. 

White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

Just not right for me right now 

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

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5.0

A whopping start to the Women’s Prize for Non Fiction. An undeniably beautiful and heartbreaking memoir. It was a poem, a song, a tale I couldn’t put down. The sheer talent of Safiya Sinclair is incredible 

Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

Just wasn’t for me

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

Dragged a bit in the middle - he was stuck in a prison for what felt like aggggesss - maybe I’ll stick to his horror. I did like like the narrator and I enjoyed Kings cameo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

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• 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

just rip my heart out Leigh, cheers

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Very poetic - sometime felt like too much so - but beautiful all the same, Tamsin Griegs reading of it was superb