danielmolloy's reviews
295 reviews

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

girlboss hannibal lecter and patrick bateman... not too shabby!! once you get into the american psycho rhythm of it all it becomes something pretty enchanting.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

nope

Mathilda by Mary Shelley

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

now THAT'S what i call gothic

Shōgun, Part Two by James Clavell

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

beautiful, devastating, cinematic in all of the best ways. this book is going to stay with me for a lonnnnng time.

Vittorio, the Vampire by Anne Rice

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

not good not terrible... i will probably read it again but literally what was the point of this and what did i get from it

Shōgun, Part One by James Clavell

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

while there are some style things i don't totally vibe with, the story told here is CRAZY engrossing!! i'm obsessed and i can't put it down!! what the hell!

Different Seasons by Stephen King

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i can't believe it took me so long to sink my teeth into this one!! there's a couple of stories i'll come back to again and again -- rita hayworth and shawshank redemption was excellent, of course, but apt pupil really worked for me in a way i didn't expect, and by the end of it, i was SO tense i barely blinked for like 10 pages 😅

The Stand by Stephen King

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

i could say a million trillion things about this book but GOD did he ever stick the landing on this one

Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

reflective

5.0

really loved this edition!!  the full-colour plates and short interpretation after each poem made this even more of a gorgeous reading experience <3

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

extremely convincing and compelling -- when the actual incident + resulting investigation was being described.  i get there's not too much to actually talk about, so you've gotta pad out the book a little, but i really didn't care for most of the sections where the author bopped around siberia.