nicksalex's Reviews (382)

Deep End

Ali Hazelwood

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Slow Dance

Rainbow Rowell

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

The Favorites

Layne Fargo

1.5

challenging tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Please stop calling this a romance. Heath is a POS and Bella is the worst best friend in the universe. They both deserve each other but they DO NOT deserve Katarina. End of rant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

3.5

challenging tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

The Ex Talk

Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.5

funny medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

The Listeners

Maggie Stiefvater

4.0

hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Moderate: War

Minor: Death of parent

First-Time Caller

B.K. Borison

2.75

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 1

Jun Mayuzuki

4.0

mysterious fast-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: Yes

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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Emily Henry meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

Heather Fawcett

4.5

adventurous lighthearted 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail