featherinthewind's reviews
301 reviews

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I will never be able to stop thinking about this book

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

adventurous challenging sad slow-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

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

fast-paced

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

3.25

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Because of the heaviness of the material in this memoir, I had to take a day and just sit with my thoughts before I could write a review. I have never seen a single second of OTH in my entire life, and like many others, I had no idea who Joy was at all. However, that did not stop me at all from enjoying the shit out of this book. I finished it in like less than 24 hours. 
It was amazing to get to see a different light of the whole cult thing. Normally we always hear about these huge cults that indoctrinate hundreds to thousands of people, but this was different. Coming from a small town in the south, I could spot some similarities (obviously not to the extremes that Joy and others were put through) in ideologies and tactics churches use here and the ones that Les used to indoctrinate his “family.” 
I would recommend this book 10 times over to others who have similar experiences in the church. I would even recommend it to anyone else just because! It is always important to read information that may be on a different side than you. 

DEAR. DOOR by Pluto

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Cry About It by Maggie C. Gates

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

adventurous slow-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

3.25