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60 reviews

Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Ohmygod just get to the damn point

The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

There’s no way GRRM wasn’t inspired by Miles when making Tyrion. Miles is if Tyrion was raised by loving parents and went on adventures.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It’s good. But it’s corny (ik why). And I feel like the whole cancer thing was just used as a plot device, like I feel like this didn’t really go into living with cancer. There were some points which were enlightening (ig thats the word), but idk.

I don’t have cancer though, so who am I to speak on their behalf


I also didn’t like their relationship. Like it was kinda sad when Augustus died but he made me cringe. He was so ‘unhuman’. Like I can’t imagine a real person being like him.
Also van Houten in the end took me out of it. Him in the van was some cheap Disney type of humor to not make us too sad

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

The Red Death: but what do we do about the gays?

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Ruin’s dialogue is so corny lol

“How do you like that!” Ruin screams just after committing an atrocity. Like wtf lol, completely took me out that super dramatic and emotional scene.

The Mystery Knight by George R.R. Martin

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

adventurous funny mysterious slow-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

3.75

The Sworn Sword by George R.R. Martin

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-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

2.75

I found it super boring until the last like 20 pages.

The Assignation by Edgar Allan Poe

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I mean it didn’t bore me but I have no idea what I just read.

Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age by Marcus Rediker

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

A great intro to piracy in the Atlantic: what drove them to piracy, what they wanted to get out of it, why, etc.

Its super biased though, very pro-pirates. Like it paints them as this really utopic people.