grumpykittenx3's Reviews (943)

The Sanatorium

Sarah Pearse

3.0

dark sad tense 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: No

Getting REAL sick of traumatized/mentally ill women being victims.

Content Warnings

A Court of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas

5.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Dark Half

Stephen King

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Hiding Place

C.J. Tudor

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A little weird, but by no means a bad book. The supernatural element was creepy, though I think the book may have been stronger without it. A good thriller to cozy up with and read in a day. Thanks Netgalley for the ARC.

The White Princess

Philippa Gregory

5.0

adventurous sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

Jennifer Wright

3.0

funny slow-paced

Cancer Ward

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

2.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

Karen Abbott

3.0

informative slow-paced

The Stranger Inside

Laura Benedict

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This wasn’t a bad thriller, though I didn’t love it. The plot felt like something I’d read before and I was able to guess some, though not all, of the reveals. It ultimately landed as just okay for me. A good insomnia read, but nothing I would pick up again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #netgalley

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Svetlana Alexiévich

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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