kd1313's Reviews (40)

It

Stephen King

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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start: 7/10
writing: 9/10
characters: 9/10
plot: 9/10 
ending: 7/10

Wonderful engaging read. it is just unfortunate why on earth that ONE SCENE has been left in the book and how stephen King describes women and girls. fascinating story otherwise but sometimes a little confusing. 

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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start: 8/10
writing: 7/10
characters: 6/10
plot: 7/10 
ending: 9/10

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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start: 8/10
writing: 7/10
characters: 6/10
plot: 7/10 
ending: 9/10

The Giver

Lois Lowry

3.75

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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: No

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

2.0

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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start: 3/10
writing: 4/10
characters: 6/10
plot: 7/10 
ending: 8/10

Looking for Alaska

John Green

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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start: 7/10
writing: 9/10
characters: 6/10
plot: 8/10 
ending: 7/10

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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start: 3/10
writing: 4/10
characters: 7/10
plot: 8/10 
ending: 8/10

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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: No