libdibs's Reviews (352)

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: No

The ending really threw me off :(( I was enjoying the book so profoundly for around 3/4 of it, but the last section seemed to fall off a bit. But thanks Erin Morgenstern for another phenomenal fantasy world!

Candide: Or Optimism

Voltaire

2.0

adventurous challenging funny fast-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

Why is this book just sexual assault after sexual assault?

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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: No

I cam barely tell you what happened in this book, but the feeling of it remains

Summer

Ali Smith

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

#1 The incel character threw me off and then I got more invested in other books. Sad to not read it during the season, but for the sake of the vlog I will take it with me to read in Southern Hemisphere summer :)

#2 The overriding feeling of hope that this book leaves in its readers is incredible, especially considering it leads up to and includes the pandemic... I hope this is what I remember of lockdown one day.