etras's reviews
132 reviews

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

It was okay, almost good

1984 by George Orwell

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Genuinely, what is this book? 
It's completely crazy 

Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

It's a moral dilemma

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It made me so uncomfortable to watch that women slowly loose her sanity, because her stupid husband ignored or simply not caref about her piont of view. And the great depiction of her thought process makes it even sadder.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. The ending was unexpected.
Everything was very detailed described and the story was amazing. Really enjoyed reading.

Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Read it for school and it was probably the first book, that I was required to read, that I really enjoyed.
The ending is a bit traumatising, but honestly the whole book was really weird. Still a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder

Minor: Child death

S. by J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.

I will pick this book up again, when I have more time and not so many things on my mind, to give it what it deserves, because what I read so far was marvelous.

Eisige Wellen by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Could not finish it.

Very boring.

Goldene Flammen by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

mediocre storyline, easy read, okay characters. overall a book that's slightly
interesting 

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

5.0

It has been on my TBR for 4 or 5 months, because I thought it might disappoint me. I didn't. It was very fun to read and I regret post poning it that long. They should make a movie out of it. It's a really cool book.