isa_almeida's reviews
82 reviews

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I didn't enjoy "Delilah Green Doesn't Care", but I'm really glad I gave the sequel a chance! 
I'm young, I'm lost and I've loved this book.

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

I love a rom-com book but this feels exactly like "People We Meet on Vacation": average, but it has every element a great book needs.  I really enjoyed the "trying to ruin the wedding" part. Also Claire and her daughter are a lovely duo. But meh. I am pretty sure I won't re-read it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne

adventurous mysterious fast-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

1.0

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Slightly fun, a good time because well, a romcom usually is a good time, but nothing amazing. The book talks about abusive relationships, which is good, but also this book never says the word "lesbian" which I don't really like. The "l" word is never used. Just "gay" as an umbrella term. "The Henna Wars" did everything this book does but better.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

dark mysterious reflective 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

2.0

I'm a big (hard) sci-fi fan and wow, this book was too much even for me. It took me more than 2 months to finish it. I know mysteries need to drag a little bit but nothing or almost nothing happened for most of the book. I don't think I'll keep reading the series.

Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare's the Tempest Retold by Margaret Atwood

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0