marenk's reviews
170 reviews

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

slow-paced

5.0

The story about the Trojan war told from the women‘s perspective.

Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them by Scarlett Curtis

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

Some essays where great, others were meh.

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

2.0

I didn‘t connect to the characters very much and feel like this is better for a younger audience than myself.

Normal People by Sally Rooney

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Such a weird book. It was really hard for me to get through the book since the missing quotation marks really annoyed me and every chapter taking place weeks or months after the one before. I think mainly I just wasn‘t a fan of Sally Rooney‘s writing style and the ending felt like a weird cut in the middle of a new story. I do get why some people like it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Violence

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

She did it once again! TJR is amazing at making characters feel, as if they were real. Writing this type of storyline could have gone terribly wrong, but she managed to make a love triangle readable and look natural. Her character building is really brilliant! I liked “the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” and “Malibu Rising” a tiny little bit more, but this book was amazing nevertheless.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely love the book! The author‘s writing style is just so phenomenal! The characters felt so real that I sometimes forgot they weren’t actual people. I have only read two books of this author so far, but I think I found a new favourite author!

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

I adored the message of the book and I loved the relationship between the two main characters. Nevertheless, the juicy scenes where a bit too frequent in my opinion, since I sometimes felt like they weren‘t ever talking with each other. WHEN they were talking it often times was very entertaining though! 

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Once again, there is a looot of political intrigue going on in this book. You can trust nobody and the different houses are changing sides all the time. Personally, I do like to read about political intrigues a lot, but sometimes it felt dragged out and I think the book could have been a little bit shorter. What I loved, was the change of perspectives between characters. In my opinion, the storytelling became a lot more interesting because of that.
I was a little bit disappointed by the ending, but it could have been worse and overall this was still an enjoyable read, although it wasn’t as good as the first books of the series.

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

fast-paced

4.75

The best way to end the series was reading this book. Completely written from Cardan‘s perspective it makes one understand more why he acted as he did.

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

fast-paced

4.0

A fitting end to the trilogy. I loved how strong Jude became and her huge character development definitely shows in the last book!