nestingphoebes's Reviews (83)

To Clutch a Razor

Veronica Roth

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

Don't Try This Alone: How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain

Toni Collier

DID NOT FINISH: 2%

Christianity.

A Tale of Mirth and Magic

Kristen Vale

2.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Needed more story and less steam, just not for me.

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

Yiming Ma

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Considered not finishing this one, maybe the experience is better in printed form. I’ll have to take a look at it once it’s added to my local library.

Tantrum

Rachel Eve Moulton

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Really liked this quick horror, with a lovely ending!

Tuck Everlasting, 50th Anniversary

Natalie Babbitt

4.75

adventurous hopeful 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: No

Just as good as reading as an adult as it was the first time 😭

The Bewitching

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I thought the New England of this book with be my in, but I had a really hard time getting hooked on this story. I think it was hard for me to identify with the main character or perhaps the pacing was off for me, I’m not sure.