maddylee19's reviews
81 reviews

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Animal Farm by George Orwell

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

4.5

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

live laugh love xander

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

this book made me fucking mad. what the fuck. all THREE couples were instalove/insta-attraction, with seemingly no reasoning behind the attraction besides “her thighs” “her dress.” hypersexuality to the point where the characters didn’t even seem to know each other. completely fucked up pacing with extremely fast bits and other parts where they were just “hanging out.” it felt stilted. backstories thrown in there for the sake of it. so much showing and not telling, and an extremely juvenile writing tone. so much casual sexism. i understand that it’s “a part of the world-building,” but i really think it was executed badly. “she’s strong for a girl…” are we fucking twelve? the two main female characters are an assassin who sexualizes herself to kill and is indentured to male royalty, and the other one is “bubbly as a mask.” such classic female roles. i want to see a female brawler. give her a fucking axe. this shit put me into a reading slump. fuck that. the ending also felt like a cop out. 

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

i am Confused

Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

just a little too dark, right book wrong time