lainy's reviews
81 reviews

Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

okay i usually hate series & fantasy stuff but bb alston ur my hero

Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I loooove this. a very quick read, tho i was kinda slacking on reading. i don’t like the fact joseph died. was that really necessary? but the fact that jack’s family adopted baby jupiter made up for it ❤️AND SHE CALLED JACK “JACKIE” JUST LIKE HER DAD AAAAAAAHHH😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Bullying

The Stranger by Albert Camus

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Ya it's a pretty good book. I like it cuz it's quick and i like fast books they make me feel accomplished when I finish them quickly. anyways its good but i kinda dont get it. but its good.

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

So amazing I could talk about this forever. the writing is amazing the story telling is amazing. So sad too, but it is so inspiring. It’s a great story everyone should read. 

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

i read this in 2020 for class novel but i wasn’t paying attention so i reread it and it’s very good actually i read it pretty quick for my pace anyways i like the story i’m probably gonna check out the other books in the series sometime 

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

it was good i like the ending 

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.25

it was very fun to read and i think the book definitely was good but just not my favorite that's all 

Secrets of the Mummies by Harriet Griffey

informative fast-paced

4.0

nice 

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

dark informative tense fast-paced

3.0

Okay this took me forever to finish but finally finished it after literally 4 months but YA IT WAS GOOD very informative uhhh that’s it bye

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

Okay i can’t stop crying 
Took me a while to finish but when i picked it up today i just couldn’t stop reading it & finished. tully and kate’s friendship is so real, the characters are extremely well written too;; i’m gonna read the sequel to this hopefully sometime soon, i just know it’s gonna make me sad ANYWAYS amazing book five stars amazing writing oh my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Rape, and Cancer