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karinaelisa's reviews
18 reviews
Funny Story by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Emily Henry, when you're available, I would like to fist fight you in the park outside the library branch I work at.
Stay True by Hua Hsu
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I sometimes find myself in the most unlikely places. And, very rarely do I read a book that makes me wish I was more
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
WEIRD AND GROSS AND I LOVED IT. There's a trend for me lately where I read books that end up having cannibalism/spoiler> show up, and I don't know what that it says about me that I celebrate every time it does
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Murder
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Like The Goon Squad, it was just moving so slow. Don't know when I'll return to it, but for now, I'm letting it go.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Read this when it was released, and it hit me hard. Hearing it in Michelle Zauner's voice was a whole other thing entirely. One of my favorites
Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Look, didn't know what I was in for and that made this a hell of a ride
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Cannibalism
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
mysterious
tense
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Everyone talks about the twist, and I thought: yeah, sure...whatever. When I arrived at it, my lukewarm feelings were suddenly set ablaze, and I absolutely had to finish the book immediately