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72 reviews

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

This book is beautiful

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

4.75

One of my favourite books of all time. What a beautifully tragic story.

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

lighthearted mysterious tense 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

4.0

Edward is an unserious queen

Death on Cromer beach by Ross Greenwood

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

This sure was a book! 


Jokes aside I think I’d have enjoyed this wayyyy more if it was like, half the length. A lot of the plot felt like forced filler to add a couple hundred extra pages, which is a shame bc the main character, Ashley, is super likeable and the story was really compelling. I just massively lost focus when, for 200 pages, everyone was like ‘it was eddie!’ And she was continuously like ‘no it wasn’t!’. Girl ur a police officer literally do ur job.

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Did SJM forget to read the first two books? What the hell is going on here? Bryce? Insufferable. Hunt? Absent. Ithan? Moronic. THARION? SHUT THE HELL UP DUDE OH MY GOOOOD. I feel like this was a mock book and the real one is yet to make its appearance. I can’t believe I wasted my time shaking with excitement for such a nothing book. What do u mean nothing except pure character assassination happens in 800+ PAGES?? Nah. FUMIN. 

Side note: I forgot about Lidia and Ruhn bc they're aggressively absent despite being the saving grace of this poor excuse of a story. I know their backs are sore from carrying me through to the end.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

I love Sherlock Holmes, I love John Watson, I love mystery. I love this book so much.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

This book was excellent. I read it for the supposed ‘plot twist’ at the end, however I had the ending sussed from about 50% of the way through. This is certainly not a bad thing, I felt the book was very well written and as the plot developed and my theory was becoming more clearly true by the chapter I was brimming with excitement. The reveal was satisfying rather than shocking, but I can imagine it would be excellently shocking for someone who hadn’t pieced the hints and signs together as I did. Being able to either figure out the ending through hints and good writing, or enjoy a thrill of shock from the reveal, is the sign of a good, well written mystery, and this book is exactly that. A brilliant read I’d certainly recommend. 

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

mysterious 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

2.0

Murder bot is a cutie patootie. Shame there’s no interesting or compelling plot.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) by Arthur Conan Doyle

dark emotional funny 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

4.0

Wow! What an enjoyable and lovely collection of short stories. ‘The Final Problem has such raw, beautiful writing. Watson’s heartbreak is shown in such a lovely way. I’m in no way surprised people have fanaticised the idea of Sherlock and John getting into a relationship, ACD’s writing of the two is so romantic. Their chemistry glows off the pages. Some beautiful stories.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

adventurous funny 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

I love Sherlock Holmes. I know ACD didn’t intend to make him so funny but he’s literally iconic. I loved that this was a collection of short stories rather than one big mystery. So nice to read a story that gets to the point and doesn’t have to go through plot twist after plot twist to keep the reader engaged. My favourite short of this book was definitely The Read Headed League. Genius!!!