gvstyris's reviews
83 reviews

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

4.0

men 🫠

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

4.25

Divergent by Veronica Roth

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.25

what a classic, the chokehold this had on me as a 9 nine year old should be studied

Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

We could have travelled enough for me if we had just stayed in your room. 

A rare instance of me drastically changing my mind about something. Just goes to show how important external life circumstances are to your enjoyment of certain media. 

This isn’t the sapphic coming-of-age novel I expected when I first read it, and is instead a poignant exploration of youth and loneliness. Grateful to have reread this when I did, for sure. 

Amazona by Canizales

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

Gradually these situations arise, she can see that now, just one step after another, and by the time a few weeks or months have passed, your life is no longer recognizable. You are lying to almost everyone you know. You have come to care too passionately, too fully and completely, for an unsuitable person. You can no longer visualize your own future: not only five years from now, but five months, even five weeks. Everything is in disarray. All this for one person, for the relation that exists between you.

I have quite a complicated relationship with Sally Rooney, but was pleasantly surprised by how much this one struck a cord with me…particularly Ivan’s musings and the fundamental tensions Peter grapples with. I’m also halfway in love with Sylvia myself, man.

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This honestly reminded me more of a journal than a memoir? I will say that I loved the mother-daughter relationship focus, though. 

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

A nice, chill distraction from my school work, but Pip’s investigation was definitely morally questionable and I’m not sure how I feel about the reveal in the end hmph

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem

2.5

being forced to read this during mid term week caused me to dissociate and question my life choices many a time

The Evitable Conflict by Isaac Asimov

4.0