marthalperezs's reviews
243 reviews

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m giving this 3 stars only and only because how beautifully written it is. The author made a great feat of going from timeline to timeline, world within world and never was I confused which I think it’s pretty difficult to do.
Other than that I think this wasn’t the story for me, I usually don’t read much contemporary so that might be it but it just felt reaaally long and some chapters felt pointless. 
That said, I’d definitely recommend it to someone that I would know it’s more on their lane. 

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, the plot developed in such a yummy crescendo that by the end I literally was nostalgic by this fictional’s character life. 
The beginning might’ve been a bit confusing BUT I think that was the purpose of those first chapters so that when everything clicked, the answer was already in your face.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging funny slow-paced

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

3.0

It barely is a 3⭐️ for me because it was such a SLOW book. It only picked up after the 75-80% mark, if it wasn’t a SJM book I’d probably had DNF’d it like at 25-30% but my friends keep telling me it gets 100% better. So here’s to believing them and reading the whole series? Maybe? 🤔

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

challenging 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

3.25

I was afraid that Suzanne would humanize Snow for me since it’s all written from his perspective but it was a good book at showing how you can keep a story interesting even when you know more or less what the end is going to be and with a character that we know it’s going to take the villainous decisions.

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

At pg 85 I just have to accept that I’m not interested in this story and that’s why I’m not actually reading anything. 

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

3.75

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I found out 2 things about myself with this book:
1. I’m not a daytime reader, I tried to read in the day so it’d be less scary but couldn’t do it. So I finished this book at 1130PM and checked my apt door a comical amount of times.
2. I might kind of like spooky books? I like the suspense of it all. Like if we rate smutty books with chiles(🌶️) we could rate spooky books with ghosts. So I’d rate this at a 👻👻/5 ghosts and I can do 2 ghosts but maybe not more? 

Anywho, the book does create suspense and I did read the last 150 pages in a sitting because I had to know what happened. 

Alas, at the end it ended up being men and their small small egos, like it usually is.