etras's reviews
126 reviews

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

4.5

I dnfed this book nearly 3 years ago, glad I picked it up again!

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Oh wow!

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

weird book, but really good

Das Zeitalter der Hexenverfolgung: Angst und Aberglaube am Beginn der Neuzeit - Ein SPIEGEL-Buch by Eva-Maria Schnurr

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I had a hard time deciding whether to give this book 4.75 or 5 stars, because I really really enjoyed all the short stories, but I found a bit tiring to switch between stories. I think in general short story collections just aren't my thing. But this was a really good read, so 5 stars it is.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

wow, I hate men 

Mord in bester Gesellschaft by Lynn Messina

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Charm by Tracy Wolff

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

ok ok ok I have a lot to say about this book, but firstly: to the person on the internet who said that you could read this any time after reading crave, what made you say this? While technically it is true, I just simply would say that it's a bad idea. Especially the epilogue. I didn't even finish readin it because the first three pages of it felt weird to me and then I realised, that the rest of it will probably contain even more spoilers. I think it would've been better, if I would've read this after reading all the other books published in this series.
 
The rest contains minor spoilers 

Secondly I have very mixed feeling  about this book. At some points of time, especially in the beginning and middle part, I really enjoyed it, but in the end - while they found out all this stuff with the mayor and fighting the dragons etc. - it was really boring. Particularly the fight scenes. The first one was mediocre and I wouldn't have minded it if was just for this one, but really? Were three times of what felt like the same fight scene all over again really necessary?

Lastly I just want to say, that while I think that this was probably the worst book of what I read of this series so far, I still really enjoyed the relationship between Grace and Hudson, it was really cute.

Crush by Tracy Wolff

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

definitely better than the first one
I don't like Jaxon.