hkdz's reviews
14 reviews

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan

Go to review page

challenging informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

Listen to Me by Hannah Pittard

Go to review page

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Go to review page

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Content Warnings

Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Indispensable Guide to the Dangers and Delights of the Peculiar World for the Instruction of New Arrivals by Ransom Riggs

Go to review page

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan

Go to review page

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation by David Goodwin, Pete Hegseth

Go to review page

sad slow-paced

0.25

Probably a great book if your in the target audience, but I’m not a Christian Parent, so he sounds like he’s from another planet.

You Are One of Them by Elliott Holt

Go to review page

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Go to review page

tense medium-paced

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

0.25

This book was boring. The characters were two dimensional and didn’t grow with the book. Everything felt like a plot point, rather than flowing. Details felt messy, privileged, and forced.

Content Warnings

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Go to review page

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5