patsy's reviews
201 reviews

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

I enjoyed this one, it was long but worth it. It reminded me of The Measure. I do enjoy a good What Would You Do book and this was a good one. 
I knocked a star off because each chapter is a different character and it took me a while to figure out who was who. Once I did it flowed beautifully. 

Faith by Linda Calvey

dark sad 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

2.0

I love a gritty gangland crime but this was not that. It was very surface level and left out all the details and violence that I like in a crime thriller. This felt more like a domestic drama. 
The dialogue felt clunky and repetitive. It felt that whole pages were taken up with repeating the same conversation 🙄
Unfortunately this was a miss from me. 

What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Very sad. Very brave. 

Don't believe her by Nicola Sanders

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

If you want a quick, easy to read domestic thriller this one is for you. Nothing earth shattering but it reads quick. I was half way through in my first sitting. 
Predictable plot line, unlikeable characters, all ties up nicely at the end. 🙂

The Last Party by A.R. Torre

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-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⭐️
I almost DNFd this one as the first 50% bored me. I found the writing style confusing and the changes of character and timeline confusing. 
I’d also figured out the ending way too soon.

Guilty: the brand new novel by the legendary author by Martina Cole

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If you enjoy gangland crime this is the one for you. 

Unputdownable, dark, gritty and compulsive reading. 

Never: The Autobiography by Rick Astley

funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

0.0

No star rating as it’s a memoir. 

I bloody loved this!  

I’ve had Never Gonna Give You Up as an ear worm the entire time I was reading, which is unsurprising as the song was mentioned a lot. 

Seems like a lovely man. Well worth a read. 

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

dark fast-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

2.0

I just didn’t like it. The only reason I gave it two stars was because it was short. 

The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5⭐️

This was neither a mystery or a thriller to me, I found it all very lacklustre and predictable which is a shame as I enjoyed Hidden Pictures. 
This was filled with unlikeable characters which I don’t have a problem with if they have a bit of dimension, which these characters did not. 
I also did not like the ending, it left me with questions which better not be answered in a sequel 😡

The Rats by James Herbert

adventurous challenging dark informative tense 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? No

5.0

This is reread for me. I first read it in the early eighties as a teenager. Not sure what happened to the parental responsibility 😀 anyways, I loved it then and I still love it now. 
I do like a horror that could potentially come true. And rats in London. My only surprise is that it hasn’t already 😃