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28 reviews

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

funny lighthearted mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional hopeful reflective

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful.

I See You by Clare Mackintosh

dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

dark mysterious

• 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

4.5

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

What the fuck did I just read. Started out really interesting but then just... the plot somehow didn't really progress at all despite the story continuing on and on. There was absolutely no resolution at the end, and so that made the rest of the book just felt like a giant pile of edgy gory bullshit written just for shock-value and nothing else under the guise of being "deep" and "real" or something, I dunno. What was the point of anything in this book??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, and Gore

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

mysterious

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

1.0

Really irritated I invested so much time in this book. The plot was interesting at first but just slowly went downhill. The ending was just meh, and I would have rated it a 3... but then that goddamn epilogue!! It pissed me off so much

The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier
Did not finish book.

Way too pretentious writing for me. Beginning was also too slow but I hate the writing enough that I am not interested in pushing through that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

One by One by Ruth Ware

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

reflective tense

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

3.0

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0