milliep's reviews
213 reviews

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book but it didn't quite live up to the hype for me. It was very predictable, but very cute and heart warming. The characters were loveable and it made me want to move to the US to do a PhD lol

After We Fell by Anna Todd

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

This was a reread. Far from a literary masterpiece, just a comfort read from my one direction fan phase - not rating for that reason

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.75

when rodney finds a shoe by the river 😂

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

medium-paced

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

4.0

Dreaming in Quantum and Other Stories by Lynda Clark

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

2.5

Thank you to @fairlight books for sending me a proof copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I struggled to get into it, so many apologies for a very delayed review.

I think the main reason I didn't gel with this book is my own personal tastes - I just dont think short stories are for me? They are always over too quickly, but not in a good way. A cool concept only spanning a few pages, like a taster of a book. My star rating is based on the average ratings of all short stories.

Despite this, I can appreciate that the book was well written, and the ideas for most of the stories were original and captivating. Some were just strange and just not my cup of tea.

My two favourites were probably Dreaming in Quantum and Transparent.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

emotional reflective sad slow-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

I really enjoyed this one, but did think it was a bit longer than it needed to be. I think it is slightly overhyped, and if I was to describe it in one word, it would be "pretty". 

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! I think some parts werent necessarily believable, but I enjoyed the novelty of its format and the twists and turns. Great idea and well executed - did find it strange that there was no disclaimer saying the story wasnt actually true though haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit