luck13rabbit's reviews
74 reviews

Sundial by Catriona Ward

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Horrid by Katrina Leno

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everything Is Temporary by Jon Cohn

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a pretty fun, B-movie style Christmas horror story. Even though it focuses on the adults, it could also be a good YA read. There's not much graphic gore or violence and the children play a large role. 

I also really appreciate how the book handles the sacrifices and trust in marriage. The characters feel real and, even when they're making bad decisions, it's easy to understand why they're making them.

Camp Blaze by Jon Athan

dark tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

Finches by A.M. Muffaz

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Fluids by May Leitz

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things): A Collection of Terrifying Tales by Matthew J. Gilbert
Did not finish book. Stopped at 78%.

It was OK. The Stranger Things framing seemed unnecessary. The last story hit a specific fear my kid has and so we stopped.

Darla by Josh Ruben

dark medium-paced

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

2.0