deadlamp's reviews
20 reviews

The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was good! The imagery was <33 and I really couldn’t put it down for the last 150 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Stalking, and Gore

Moderate: Grief

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.

I wanted to read this for a while but I just really couldnt get past a few pages?? It put me into a reading slump

You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Super trippy

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

funny lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

3.5

I don’t usually like romance, but this was really fun

Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

文豪ストレイドッグス BEAST 1 by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa, 朝霧 カフカ, 星河シワス, 春河３５

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

So good! The art is super pretty

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

4.0

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0