pecsenye's reviews
215 reviews

Honey by Isabel Banta

emotional 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

4.5

If you read and felt so sad about the memoir The Woman In Me by Britney Spears, this book will be a vindication.

Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida, Haydn Trowell

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is basically What You Are Looking For Is In The Library but at night. 

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.

Too random stream-of-consciousness glorifying the violent, desolate, dirty lives of white male artists. Blech. 

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Better than most career motivation books because of the focused research. 

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

Sweet little murder novel. A little weird that the 57-year-old character was written as if she was 75, but that feels like a trend in current cozy mysteries to have "sweet old ladies" who aren't even retirement age yet. 

Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This is Murakami's second book and it's starting to establish his matter-of-fact perspective.

Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the first book Murakami wrote, the one that won the magazine contest and started his career as a writer. It's such a fascinating little glimpse at what he would develop into later on. Not the most action-packed novella, but totally worth reading if you like Murakami.

Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation by Benjamin P. Hardy

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This is a plain old self-help book, except that the idea of the Future Self is new and interesting. 

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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

Cute, but The Bride Test is more engaging.