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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

I don't really have a lot of thoughts about this one to be honest

Dracula by Bram Stoker

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

one of my favourite classics I've read so far. absolutely magnificent 

at one point a character apologises for using such a vulgar expression as "over the counter".  Absolutely, how dare he object us to such profanity? Lol

oH nOooO poor Mina is so WEAK because she is a WOMAN and can't compete with the strong men to hunt count dracula... she's way too fragile for that 🥺🥺
FUCK THAT she carried the whole thing at multiple points, mina my queen

for the longest time I was convinced renfield was a vampire and then he just died and was never mentioned again?

also I fucking called it that quincey was gonna be the one to bite the dust. He just had that vibe of a character who was gonna die.
 

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

so that concludes my pjo reread. I loved revisiting this world and the books were still sooo good, as good as I remembered them. I loved reliving that part of my childhood through these :)

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

in this household we stan rachel elizabeth dare, annabeth and calypso 

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

"i can see the stars again, my lady" are you fucking kidding me rick riordan had no right to put that in there 😭 this book still slayed as well

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny fast-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

4.5

reading this again while being older and having read hoo, knowing reyna's backstory, made their escape from circe's island a bit sad :(
this may not be my favourite in the series, but the books still hold up really well for me

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Illustrated Edition by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny fast-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

4.5

did a quick reread for the show and it was soo enjoyable and funny, I loved it

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i think i need to lie down for a bit. for a while, actually.

i could barely see what the last chapter read through my tears lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

even if it's mostly intended for allo people who don't know much about aspec identities, it was still a very interesting read. I really liked how inclusive it was
While I get that progressing thematically makes sense, it did confuse me a bit how everyone's stories were split up. Reading about James, the IT guy from California (or something like that) in the second to last chapter when he wasn't mentioned for a while made me think hard about who I was reading about again lol
Other than that, thanks Isaac from Heartstopper for making me read this haha

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

4.5

 

Okay what. The hell. Was that. I’m putting everything in spoilers bc I’m pretty sure this will just be incoherent rambling. My thoughts about this are all over the place lol (very long, open at your own risk lol)

The first half of the book was so great. I was sooo invested the whole time and was immediately immersed in the world of Coriolanus.
With the background of knowing what kind of person he will turn out to be and where he will end up in about half a decade, throughout the whole book there's this knowing of the "good" side never really quite getting through to him. At moments, there is hope he will see the world more like Lucy Gray, but then they have these conversations where it becomes clear they'd just never work out.
Okay but Lucy Gray. I love her. I also love how the Covey get their names :(( like first name from a ballad and second name a colour? Very cool. Anyway Lucy Gray was really cool and I'm so excited to hear how the music will sound in the film. I also never expected oh my darling clementine to be in this.
During the Hunger Games, I honestly had my doubts of Lucy Gray surviving them. I also thought they would keep going for a longer time and when they were over just like that about halfway through the book, I had no idea where this was going. Also, her win kinda seemed way too easy. How the last people died and all. But oh well.
What I didn't really like was how the book progressed from that point on. Him just being demoted to being a Peacekeeper? It just didn't make sense to me, honestly and all that was before was just so much more engaging. How the whole story unfolded was hmmm yeah idk how to feel about it, but it kept me engaged all the way through because I genuinely didn't know how it would end. I definitely thought Lucy Gray would die, so the end made me disappointed at first. But i actually kinda like it and how it ties in with the ballad of Lucy Gray. I just hope she's well lol
It was also so nice to see how in the end, Coriolanus went a bit mad in the woods? How it took so little to make him think Lucy Gray betrayed him. He's a pretty unstable dude lmao. It's very intriguiging to think about him being an unreliable narrator and all, that we're not supposed to root for him(probably, I'm not a literature expert pahahhaa) which mostly succeeded with me. The whole time I just rooted for Lucy Gray being able to escape the whole madness and I guess it kinda worked out in the end.
OK BUT Dr. Gaul sending Coriolanus on a "vacation" resulting in multiple people dying, him going slightly mad and all just to give him an experience to remember made my jaw drop, ngl.
One last thought: I love how, in the epilogue, he's only addressed as Snow. I feel like it's probably showing how he's finally become more like the version of himself we see in the actual trilogy.
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was a wild ride.