emma7377's reviews
42 reviews

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

book peta is so 

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 51%.

I wasn’t really in the mood for the religious trauma thing but it seems like a good book and I’ll probablly come back to it at some point

The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

liked the concept and really loved the format but it was just too dark for my liking  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Addiction, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Rape

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

that epilogue damn 

Emma by Jane Austen

funny lighthearted slow-paced

4.0

The Girls by Emma Cline

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I would really like to see an A24 production of this (in which the heart symbol would have to be more emphasised than in the book and would be really inconic) Throughout the book Evie is surrounded by boys and men who time and time again display the power they have over Evie and the woman around her. You see it when she’s a teen obsessively crushing over boys with her friends, when shes in the predominantly female cult run by a man they all idolise, and years later when she’s an adult interacting with a family friend and his young and naive girlfriend. You also see it in the ending on the final page, which I’ve seen people describe as sort of lacklustre, but I felt was something all woman can relate to and really drives the point home. I liked it. I liked it in a way that i probablly won’t think about it again any time soon or reread it, but would definitely watch a film adaptation if it ever were to happen. I think the thing that lacked for me personally, was the explanation of the end of the cult, which felt somewhat rushed and undeveloped (????) and I wouldve also liked more horror and gore but hey thats just me. 

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

i wouldve loved this at 10 

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

maggie o’farrell is such a beautiful writer with a vocabulary that I would kill many innocent people for. many.

i really enjoyed this.

Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I really like the parts that were more surreal. Wish it tapped into the weird and eerie stuff a bit more.  

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75