lausokay's reviews
30 reviews

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

3.5

conrad is a baddie

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

4.0

Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan

4.0

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

2.0

I like the way things were described but overall found it quite boring and hard to read

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was so good, so beautifully written, made me cry. Very eye opening and honestly like a piece of poetry.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

medium-paced

3.0

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

dark informative tense fast-paced

3.5

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This is an extremely weird book. I liked it at first and thought the beginning was really interesting. But I got the jist quite soon and then it just became boring to me. And just really disturbing and weird. Don’t know what the author’s fascination with incest is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, and War

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• 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

2.5