kafkaesque_coffee's Reviews (30)

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny

Minor: Racism

Sorcery and Small Magics

Maiga Doocy

4.75

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Racism, Outing

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Alcohol

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

2.25

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie

4.0

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal

Andy Weir

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder

Looking for Alaska

John Green

4.75

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Maturing is realizing that the love story wasn’t between Alaska and Pudge but was actually between Pudge and the Colonel.

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide