olivyre's reviews
45 reviews

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

emotional lighthearted relaxing sad fast-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

4.5

‘I don’t know what to say. I can’t speak to him until I actually understand what I feel.’

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

lighthearted relaxing fast-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

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

emotional hopeful relaxing sad fast-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

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

lighthearted relaxing fast-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

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

lighthearted reflective fast-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

:)

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

lighthearted relaxing fast-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

Really sweet

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Spoilers!

V.E. Schwab is a fantastic writer. I desperately want to see all the characters come together and team up against EON - particularly June and Sydney.

Also more about Johnathan because at the moment he’s just there protecting Marcella but now that she’s gone he can be his own character in the next book I hope.

It’s quite sad that Eli’s gone too - maybe Serena will manipulate Sydney into bringing him back, because Sydney is definitely going to bring back Serena.

I wish Eli’s death was a little more dramatic, and Marcella’s. Dr Haverty just kind of invented this serum that suppresses powers and that was the cause of his death? That seems quite boring honestly. But other than that it was super great.

I would rank it ever so slightly below the first one because I feel like book 1 could have ended there and been really impactful alone but I do love to hate these characters.

‘’Careful is a calculated risk.’’

Asterix and the Missing Scroll by Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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 Asterix comics

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

Short story collections are just not for me - couldn’t connect with any characters, though I did appreciate the writing.

‘’People’ - Geralt turned his head - ‘like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves.”

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

Spoilers!

V.E. Schwab is such an excellent writer - the simplified premise of the book is that someone discovers how to give themselves superpowers and everyone goes crazy, but the execution of it is flawless. The characters are all riddled with flaws which are extremely well integrated into their personalities and we see them develop and worsen over time. I rooted for every single of the them and my allegiance flipped multiple times and I ended up hating them all. I’ll certainly be reading more of V.E Schwab.

‘[Sydney] didn’t take her gaze off Serena, even though it was a struggle to focus her vision around the barrel of the gun.

‘We used to have the same eyes,’ said Serena. ‘Yours are paler now.’’