etras's reviews
126 reviews

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book is everything I could ever ask for and more. If I could give 6 stars I would. Probably the best book I've ever read.
Dragons!!!!

Beach Rivals by Georgie Tilney

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funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

Before I state anything else, I must say I enjoyed Beach Rivals. It was a fun light read, I read it at the beach (which made the experience even better) and I adored the setting(I'd like to underline that).
But I have a few other things to say:

1. I didn't really enjoy the writing style of the author, probably because I was spoiled by the literary works I read before it, but nonetheless I didn't love it.

2. The characters were never really rivals, so ig the title is a bit misleading.

3. Clare and Jack didn't really have any chemistry until the last let's say 70 pages.

4. I wouldn't market it as a book for Emily Henry fans, her way of writing is way better. Maybe the premise could've been from her but that's about it.

Covet by Tracy Wolff

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was honestly pretty mediocre.... until the last 200 pages.

The prison sequence was really dark but also really good. And then the last fight, omg. Like come on Hudson just a fucking badass there. And the thing Nuri does?! And the last sentence of the book?! But I think it's a bit unnecessary that Luca died, like come on you don't have to kill of a random side character in every book...

I still don't really love Grace tho. And the book was a bit to long, she probably could've done this 500 pages without much of the plot missing.

I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book made me think a lot a lot about various topic, but when I closed it after reading the last chapter, I thought 'What the fuck'. I think this explains my experience with it really well. Furthermore I liked the titles of the chapter (f.ex. 'stop teaching men words', 'um' & ':|')

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Enitally I told my self that I wouldn't read an Emily Henry book ever again, simply because I really didn't like Book Lovers. But this was soo much better! I fell absolutely in love with every Character (especially Maggie and Gus)! I wish I would've read it at the beach tho. Maybe I'll give book lovers a second chance, we'll see...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love the way Sylvia Plath writes. However sometimes I just wanted to stop reading and never pick it up again, while other times I couldn't put it down.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

While reading this book, I was wavering whether to give 4.75 or 5 stars, but as I read the ending, I knew it had to be 5. A few parts of the book were a bit tiring and sometimes the way it was writen (this kind of interviewing style) kinda buged me, but the ending was really immaculate.

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced