danielle_n's reviews
12 reviews

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

adventurous emotional sad 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

5.0

Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Violence, Lesbophobia, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Car accident

Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes by Tim Spector

informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill

dark sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide, Fatphobia, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic friendship and Medical content

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

ADORABLE - i cried

The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O'Donoghue

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Stalking

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue

adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

i loved it! absolutely awesome 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Transphobia

Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Deadnaming

Minor: Lesbophobia