emmerth's reviews
31 reviews

Love At First Lance by Gryffin Murphy

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I think reading the physical book would be more enjoyable than the audiobook. I think I’d be able to enjoy the cheesiness more without the narrator. Listening to it made the cheesiness much more noticeable.

This is a cozy cutesie read. Glad I read it but it won’t make my favorites list. Would read anything else by the author. 

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

Cozy, sweet, would read anything else by this author ravenously

The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

fast-paced

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

0.75

The storyline was based too much around sexual tension. Too much sex, not enough story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Sexual harassment

Chalice by Robin McKinley

3.75

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

emotional hopeful mysterious sad

4.0

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

The storytelling and the narrator are both brilliant. This isn’t my normal genre but I would read many more of this.

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

emotional hopeful informative reflective

4.0

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

dark mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0