moonchildmelancholia's reviews
78 reviews

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

very worth procrastinating studying for my a levels next week

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

woah. what the fuck did i just read😭
that twist... ngl i kinda had a suspicion but getting it confirmed was still crazy.

i loved the subversion of the main character is the heir of ancient ancestor who created the whole conflict and mal being the descendant of morozova instead. crazy. but also they were just running around the whole of ravka and beyond for nothing... for two books straight! talk about wasting your time🥴

also that ending had me sobbing (internally). full on tears streaming down my face😭

alina's last conversation with the darkling while he was dying?? him begging for her to call him aleksander one last time and her doing it?? shit broke me. and then during the funeral, too? absolutely gutted.

i loved the use of the before and after chapters throughout the whole trilogy and the last one was nice closure.

i enjoyed this trilogy more than i thought i would, it was pretty entertaining and did a good job of preventing me from thinking about the impending doom that are the a levels in two weeks which i haven't started studying for yet. cheers!

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i have no words for this.

alice oseman's mind is a gift that just keeps on giving

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

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? Yes

3.0

did i put off studying for my A levels that happen in two weeks? Yes.
Was it worth it? uuuuh...

absolutely NOTHING happened in the second half of the book. and then the last 20 pages happened?? wtf was that.
i will also never forgive alina for even THINKING the words "and he was my monster, too" WHAT IN THE TUMBLR 2013 WAS THAT LEIGH BARDUGO

there has seldomly ever been a character i have wanted to rip apart as much as vasily

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

this book was surprisingly really entertaining and i enjoyed it
i shamefully have to admit though, my favourite parts were the interactions between alina and the darkling 💀

Bissle Spätzle, Habibi? by Abla Alaoui

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, Val Emmich

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

2.5 stars purely for actually giving connor his own narration as opposed to the musical
lightyears better than the musical, still don't recommend tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Wildcard by Marie Lu

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

Wow, what a book
I've never read something in a format like this and it did a great job of keeping me hooked. The way it was written made it very easy just keep reading and very hard to put it down. It was a really fun and fast read and I'm really grateful for that bc I feel like it got me out of a massive reading slump (we'll see where that's headed). 
I loved the setting of the 70's and everytime something like an album cover was described I could see it so clearly in front of my eyes and now I want to draw it all hdjdjdjd
I also really want to listen to all the songs man, I hope we'll get to hear them in the amazon prime adaption (generally really excited where that's going)
I feel like my next dtep is going to listen to a lot of 70's rock lmaoo

also that little 'plot twist' at the end added a neat touch to the whole book, loved that :)

I rarely give 5 stars but I really owe it to this book for being so entertaining and making me finish it in 3 days, this hasn't happened in sooo long