mashley14's reviews
39 reviews

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

challenging dark reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book made me cry and I didn't want it to end.

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

For the first half of the book I would say that I was bored
The last half of the book had me crying

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

I'll return to this when I have a physical copy

Dreaming of You by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Lozada-Oliva's poetry is delightfully casual while evoking the growing pains of a girl in her 20s in such a way that rips your heart out. If you're in your 20s, you can relate.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Novel that aims to point out that withholding of knowledge is damaging fails to mention that women write books

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.

Exposition was taking a really long time. I love the premise, and it's a really interesting take on current politics disguised as a dystopian future. I expected something similar to Ng's other two novels, and was excited that this one was a little different--it is just taking too long to get to the true action.