isabellecollum's Reviews (29)

Insomnia

Sarah Pinborough

3.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena

3.0

dark sad medium-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

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

5.0

funny hopeful inspiring 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

The Female of the Species

Mindy McGinnis

4.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

2.5

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The first 3/4 of this book was so intensely boring. Yes, it was interesting. Yes, it talked about redlining and gentrification and racism and all the important things that are Very Much happening but then the last 1/4 of this book sent it so far off the rails that it almost seemed comedic. It was awful, unrealistic, and disappointing.