mctesslareads's Reviews (159)

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

4.0

emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

Feast While You Can

Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Listeners

Maggie Stiefvater

4.0

hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Tastes Like War

Grace M. Cho

5.0

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

Network Effect

Martha Wells

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

Hellbent

Leigh Bardugo

3.5

Shark Heart

Emily Habeck

5.0

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.5