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201 reviews

The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up by Laura Pearson

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

My second book by this author and another 4⭐️ read. 
It’s an easy read about a less easy subject, domestic violence. 
I shall be working my way through this author’s back catalogue. 
They are available on KU 🥳

Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.0

Awful. Far fetched and farcical. I know it’s supposed to be a humorous Christmas book but, no, it just didn’t do it for me. 

Lair by James Herbert

adventurous challenging dark informative medium-paced

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

2.0

Not as good as the first one 🐀

The Ex-Husband by Aaron Quinn

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5⭐️

A quick easy read. 
The FMC never stopped whining, don’t say I didn’t warn you 😀

The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

This was okay but I think it being called a thriller is stretching it a bit 🙄

Becoming Liz Taylor by Elizabeth Delo, Elizabeth Delo

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

A sad story about a mother who who has been grieving the loss of a child for fifty years. 
This tale was told in two points of view, Val a strange lady in her seventies and Rafe, her estranged son. 

This had an interesting premise that kept me reading, despite the plodding in the middle. I knocked of a star as I didn’t like the ending. It left me wanting more. 

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

It took me a while to get into this book. Eleanor takes some getting used to 😐 but one I did I very much enjoyed it. 

The Tasting Menu: A Short Story by Stuart MacBride

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

I’m glad this was a short story. It was shit. 

You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto

informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a fun read. An inside look at Social media influencers. Told in a dual POV with a whole host of unlikeable characters (which I loved) 😀
I would have read this in one sitting if work and life hadn’t kept getting in the way. 
I dropped half a star as it dragged a little in places. 
I shall be looking for more of this author’s thrillers. 

The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5⭐️

This was okay, it didn’t get me in the feels the way his first book The Vanishing of Margaret Small did. 
This was told with a dual timeline. 1989 and the present day. I preferred the 1989 timeline to the present. 
There’s a mystery throughout it but once that was resolved it felt like it didn’t know how to end 🤷🏼‍♀️