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The Roughest Draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
While I enjoyed this book, I felt distracted by the writing. I couldn’t help but see the authors in the story and I found that to be quite distracting. Other than that, I left the book feeling like I did not know the characters besides how they were as writers. In other words, the characters were rather underdeveloped especially Katrina. I was also peeved by how Katrina was characterized throughout the book in the present or even four years back compared to her six years back. It seem to be an entirely different character and while that could maybe be excused as character development we see so little from six years back and so little of that growth that it feels completely unjustified and like a mistake in her characterization.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger, Melanie R. Anderson
informative
fast-paced
3.0
superficial yet informative
The Houseguest: And Other Stories by Amparo Dávila
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This book was incredible. Davila truly knew how to invoke someone’s fear and anxiety. Her familiarity with fear is so precise as she seems to know more about my fear than I do; I realized this when I found myself terrified of a toad in Musique Concréte. Truly I was delighted with the writing, with the ability to pinpoint to the root of our paranoia without being so obvious.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0