harrietshelley's reviews
16 reviews

Lone Wolf: A Tale of Obi-wan and Luke by Abel G. Pena

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Obi wan suffering 💖💕💗 

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a romance novel to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman

fast-paced

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

4.5

Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor is such a perfect casting choice here. 

The Incest Diary by Anonymous

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

A very difficult, heat breaking read. Wonderfully written and I could spend years taking it apart. A brilliantly intricate look into pedophilia and abuse. I'm very glad to have read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Self harm, Body shaming, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

The Carnivorous Lamb by Agustin Gomez-Arcos

medium-paced

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

5.0

THE BLUEPRINT. it will never get this good again. When you are your own mother. The family sickness. I mean, what more can I say. I can't breathe. Literally the blueprint. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

Minor: War, Terminal illness, and Cancer

The House of Asterion by Jorge Luis Borges

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Much to think about 

Rope by Patrick Hamilton

fast-paced

4.25

Forgot to review this last year so I'm going to do it now. I love you Wyndham Brandon!! Delightful read for fans of the Hitchcock movie and adds some brilliant segments that were missed for time on screen. There's no John Dall or Farley Granger, but there's a certain added richness and character dynamic that I fell completely in love with here between the entire cast. This play made me fall in love with the movie all over again. Such brilliant texts. For his opinions on Compulsion, i just know Nathan Leopold would have hated everything about this. At least it's better than Thrill Me. 

Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft

dark mysterious 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

1.5

Not even my love for the movies could get me through this one. Sorry Herbert. There are passages I like, but overall it was a tough one to get through. I plan to revisit it in audiobook though. 

Re-Animator: The Novelization by Jeff Rovin

slow-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

2.0

On one hand it gave us Canadian Herbert West, Dan Cain being a bit of a freak, and some really nice personality dialogue for Meg early on. On the other hand, the POV was all over the place (I'd really like to know who's perspective I'm reading at each point), when the book changed movie dialogue it was generally made clunkier and more unnaturally written, and the entire thing lacks emotion -- you don't get to see into the minds of the characters as much as you should.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Body horror, Murder, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Misogyny

Ars Amatoria by P. Ovidi Nasonis

medium-paced

My hottake is that none of this is a joke and Ovid is just like that actually.