jsant's Reviews (1.04k)

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Victorian England meets The Bachelor? This NSFW book is entertaining and racy. Looking forward to the sequel. 

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
funny lighthearted 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

Cheesy, campy and a bit forced. But still entertaining enough to finish it. 
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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: No

Powerful story from the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. Profoundly capturing life there and telling the stories of the Jewish people who fought to survive there. 
funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Tedious and geeky (in a good way). As a software engineer myself it's interesting to hear about and learn from others mistakes so that I can hopefully avoid adjacent mistakes (and instead find new and more interesting ones). 
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Took a bit to get into it but once it, but once I got in a few chapters I got into it. 

I think this had a bit of the same premise as "Betwixt" by Darynda Jones, but I think I liked this one more. 
lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Really cute book. This was a recommendation from a friend and I really enjoyed it. 
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Reading this book 30+ years after it was written and it's still awesome. It must have been fascinating to read in the late 80's. A solid suspense/thriller with a futuristic (now more current) theme of DNA experimentation. 

The audible version had an author's note spoken by Dean Koontz they I found interesting as well, and added to my appreciation of the book. 

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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

Series of short mysteries. Enjoyed the first one. Couldn't get into the next couple

Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

Dan Flores

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

Will probably go back to it or was interesting, just slow