emma_amma's reviews
66 reviews

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

adventurous emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.75

I can’t really give a detailed review for this book because I don’t have depression, so I’m just gonna say that I liked how the book explored the MC’s different lives.

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

funny lighthearted

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

4.0

Really cute

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

adventurous challenging medium-paced

3.0

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This book has 432 pages and I promise you half of those pages mean nothing. Sarah J. Maas has the incredible ability to write the same paragraph 5 or 6 times in a row (with different wording, somehow?), making it impossible to read without breaks. If you put a gun to my head and told me to name 3 plot points in this book, I’d tell you to shoot me.

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

 (entirely my opinion, your opinion on it is also valid. I'm just gonna be really critical) : it's a good thriller and the plot twists were good. My original score for this book was gonna be like 4/5 but that's for another universe where I actually liked the characters.
I disliked most of the characters, some people may say that they're written to be realistic, but I say stop sexualizing the female characters. Thanks.

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

adventurous emotional funny reflective

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

5.0

This book has got to be one of my all-time favorites. I think the narration of the MC made the book so enjoyable to read, you follow her (all over the place) thoughts as she goes on this adventure and finds herself at the end. The other characters were also so lovable.
I don’t know what happened as I finished the book. Maybe my heart broke, maybe it only grew stronger, but whatever happened, I would give so much to be able to read this book for the first time again.

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

adventurous medium-paced

2.5

It was supposed to give, but it did not give.
I started this book because the reviews made it seem masterpiece, but it definitely is not that. Somehow this book stayed perfectly average throughout the entirety of it. I don’t think I’ll read the rest of the series.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Still feels like a dream to me because I read it so fast with 0 breaks to process anything.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Funny. Cried.

The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I read this in school for a book club and the book was so good that the work I had to do for it didn’t make me hate the book. 
This book challenged my idea of the world and opened my eyes to a life I could’ve never imagined. I had to remind myself that this was something a real person had lived through many times throughout the book.
I don’t have the words to describe this book right now, so I can only urge you to read the book.