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19 reviews

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

The Whisper Man by Alex North

dark tense medium-paced

3.5

I didn’t really get attached to the characters. It took me awhile to catch on to the theme of the cycle of fathers and sons. Violence, distance. I mean, just shitty fathers. 

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Devastating. Beautiful. Devastatingly beautiful. 

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.5

Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai

mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

Read this for a woman's studies course. As a piece of literary art, it's unique. As for a piece of work to be analyzed, it's not so great. There's a lot of metaphors. And there could be one metaphor used multiple times but mean different things. It's confusing. However, if you read it for entertainment -- it sure is a wild ride. I didn't have a hard time reading it. I just had a hard time finding a deeper purpose, which to be fair, no one actually told me it would have a deeper purpose. 

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous emotional medium-paced

3.5

I wanted to love it. It moved the overall series along, which is what I think SJM meant to do. But Ithan and Tharion making decisions using their one shared brain cell was exhausting. GIVE ME MORE MAMA EMBER AND LYDIA!! Honestly, I'm kind of over Bryce. Still read it, enjoyed it enough. I'm hoping the next book will be better. 

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The month before this, I binged the ENTIRE Throne of Glass series. I wanted to jump back into a fantasy book, and I kept seeing this book come up on my TikTok FYP. So I gave it a try, and that's how I found a new obsession. 

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Immediately started this after finishing Fourth Wing. Extremely pissed about the ending.