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17 reviews

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder by Richard Saul

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I think this book raises a lot of very valid and good points about the over-diagnosis of ADHD.
However, it also leaves me with a lot of questions. I’d be really interested in hearing what the authors position on the matter is now, 10 years later. Has new revelations and information that’s been brought out swayed him away from his original argument? Or has it only been further supported?
I think the information in this book is very reflective of the information that was available and known 10 years ago, and I’d be very interested in seeing how what we’ve learned since fits into it.

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Night House: A novel by Jo Nesbø

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I finished this book in 7 hours.

Its told in three parts:

The first part I did not enjoy much. I thought it was just full of cheesy horror clichés, which in its defence, was meant to be the point. It’s just not at all my thing, and the writing felt lazy and gross.

The second part changed my interest entirely, and turned into the type of fever dream horror that I absolutely love.

The third part weaves the first two parts together seamlessly, and made most of the criticisms I had towards the first part make complete sense.

I hated this book at first, and ended up obsessed over some of the small patterns and details I didn’t notice until thinking back in hindsight.

If the first part was a 3 star at best, the second part turned it into a 3.5, and the third part made it 4.

But I’m still going to nock some points off for throw away lines that seem inappropriate to find in a book written this year, as well as tropes that I find tired and unnecessary, even though I understand that it’s part of the story being told.

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