laurenzazzles's reviews
14 reviews

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Powerful by Lauren Roberts

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

2.0

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Take a shot every time the word “familiar” is used. 

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Antisemitism, Confinement, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, and Grief

Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

You may find the ending abrupt but the second to last sentence explains why. Really enjoyed this book. Perfect blend of great gatsby and swan lake

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, and Animal cruelty

Some other reviews have mentioned how they didn’t quite get attached to the love story between our main characters but I believe it’s supposed to be reminiscent of the “great love stories” like Romeo and Juliet and Anna Karenina. The author foreshadows their tragic love by comparing their love to those stories in the final chapters. She asks us “Can Forster stop the metaphorical train that’s heading towards Detta?” No, he can’t. Detta was always fated to have the same ending as the poor heroines in the other two stories mentioned. Because love (or possibly infatuation because of the heightened circumstances) unfortunately led to their downfall. Just like Romeo and Juliet and just like Gatsby and Daisy…”love is like death” and unfortunately it was self-destructive to this couple

Suddenly A Murder by Lauren Muñoz

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Agatha Christie vibez

The Immortal Games by Annaliese Avery

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

Wait for me