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56 reviews

My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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

4.0

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Race by Toni Morrison

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

One of the rare times the film is better !! I was actually so surprised at how much I disliked the book. Sparks is pretty much known for his tragic love stories but the book wasn't even really that tragic. The film did a much better job at adapting the story and changing bits to make it much better. 

I was also shocked at how much I disliked the writing style too. Some of the dialogue was a bit pathetic and didn't seem realistic. 

It made no sense that Dawson and Amanda just broke up. That was it, and nothing was said more about their break up. The whole book is about how they're meant to be, how they never stopped loving one another yet....they casually just broke up and Amanda never saw/spoke to him again. At least with the film Amanda didn't really have a choice in losing contact with Dawson. 

I struggled to connect to the characters and their stories too and I think it was good to have other perspectives but most of the time it was like 'is this really necessary?' 
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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

4.0

I really liked this book! it was so interesting to see how different the twin's lives turned out and how things ended.

I think though at times it was confusing. I really liked reading the different perspectives and experiences of each character but sometimes if you spent like 30 pages on one specific character, it was easy to forget small details of another character when their pov came back around. I noticed too that often the beginning of a chapter wasn't clear on who exactly I was reading about until other details came in so I think it would have been good to name each chapter with the name of the character. 

the last chunk of chapters were particularly confusing because it had multiple character povs in each chapter. one paragraph on one character then the next on another. the time jumping forwards, backwards and in the present was also confusing.

overall though I really liked this book and I think because I get confused easily esp with time stuff it made it a bit harder to read but I would def recommend it and read it again myself!
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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

4.75

I really don't understand why this isn't more popular than 'Dracula'! It is shorter, easier to read/understand, it centers women and is lesbian plus...'Dracula' is basically just a copy of Carmilla anyway ?? Anyway, need more love for Carmilla <3 Lost a portion of stars bc of racism ofc
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0