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201 reviews

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

inspiring 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

3.0

This is my favourite so far. 

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

Nothing much happens, it’s YA but nothing happens 

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

emotional inspiring fast-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

3.0

You can tell these are written by a woman. 

Heartstopper: Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A reread. Still not my normal genre but I have the series so I’m going to read them 🙂

Hear Me Out by Sarah Harding

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

No star rating as it’s a memoir. 

Very interesting insight into Sarah’s life in GA and after. Such a sad ending for a young girl. Well written and insightful. 

The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas

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⭐️

This book was poorly written. The characters dull and soap opera ish. I found myself rolling my eyes multiple times throughout this book, the misdirections were many and not all necessary and not all explained.  

Borrow this book, don’t buy it. 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

informative slow-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 was bored. Felt YA. The gaming bits had me almost comatose. The characters were tedious and unbelievable. Long chapters too 😐

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

By ‘eck!  I don’t know what to say about this book. It gripped me from the first chapter and didn’t want to put it down but life kept rudely getting in the way. 
Slavery was brutal and this book brought it to life. 
This should be essential reading for everyone. 

Water by John Boyne

dark emotional reflective sad 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

2.0

I wasn’t a keen on this. It felt very surface level and I felt there was a lot unsaid. 

Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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

4.0

I now know I’d be shit if I was the only one to survive the end of the world 😀
I enjoyed this, I rattled through it. The ending could have been more 🤷🏼‍♀️