magicant's reviews
130 reviews

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

3.0

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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

5.0

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.

Just couldn't vibe with the premise.

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I cannot say more than, wow. What a bomb. Thought the book was slipping but then the ending really pushed it back to stardom (Quite literally).

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

A wonderful book that incapsulates the experience of chronically ill friends and how unbreakable a friendship can be when the bodies of people included are feeble and constantly at war with the hosts.

The good feelings and the bad of having a chronic illness that threatens to rip all your normalcy away and opens your eyes to the injustices that exist in current days. A book about solidarity and finding a space for yourself, even when it feels like you're taking up too much space. 

A reminder, you're allowed to hurt, to talk about what ails you, how your life sucks, because it's better than letting yourself explode under the weight. Love all you fellow chronically ill besties.

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.

Greg. I might come back to it.

Witch Hat Atelier, Volume 10 by Kamome Shirahama

5.0