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dani_readz_bookz's Reviews (203)

Daughter of the Deep

Rick Riordan

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful 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: No

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

This felt like I was reading Crying In H Mart all over again, not in a sense that the plot is the same but the immediate immersion and lyrical writing brought up the same feelings. The fragmentation and length of the chapters are such a good representation of her process and everything she went through, what she felt experiencing it all written so perfectly. The perfect balance of educating the reader and sharing your own experience that it almost felt like a story being told instead of a memoir but you keep getting reminded thst this actually happened to someone and is something present everywhere.

Content Warnings

Pinball 1973

Haruki Murakami

2.75

mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Shining Girls

Lauren Beukes

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I was unsure of what to expect when I got into this one. The whole premise of a time-travelling serial killer is so interesting and captivating. Having to time jumps and POV jumps between every chapter made the storyline a little messy, but it makes so much sense for what the book is about. The author did do a phenomenal job of creating such a perverse and insane serial killer.

Through the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll

2.25

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Reading this felt like a fever dream, somehow a bit worse than the first book. It was just so bland and boring and I was not entertained or hooked at all. The poetry was excessive and just not the best