nickgoe's reviews
502 reviews

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Tyrant's Throne by Sebastien de Castell

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

challenging informative reflective sad

4.0

Very Informative book about social media and smart phones and how they're harming our youth.

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

4.0

Very informative work and an important showcase of how white privilege and it's power structure run deep.

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous hopeful tense

4.0

Definitely a middle book, but the world building makes it interesting. The magic system and dragon bonding continues to expand. 

Ends in a cliffhanger.

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous emotional tense

4.0

Magic system got cooler, solid character growth. The world building is interesting.

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous

3.0

Cool magic system. Interesting smutty parts. Academy setting tropes and character moments were a little less compelling, but the character growth near the end was good.

Witch King by Martha Wells

3.0

Interesting book with a unique world, but I do not recommend the audiobook. The narrator is great, but this book is dense and audio does not work well for it, unlike Wells' Murderbot books.

Golden Fool by Robin Hobb

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Not quite a 5, but I don't want to use partial stars. A lot of world building and character development happens here. 

It does have somewhat of a cliffhanger ending though, so be ready to jump into the next book!