pheladi_'s reviews
40 reviews

Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious slow-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

2.0

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Questions for Ada by Ijeoma Umebinyuo

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

These poems, these words, these beautiful and painfully honest words hit home. Ijeoma Umebinyuo, thank you for this healing offering.🖤

Verity by Colleen Hoover

dark sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Everything about this psychological thriller from the writing style to the plot to the characters is extremely intriguing. That twist when you realise that you've been somewhat tricked and strung along as a reader? INSANELY GOOD. What I enjoyed most about this haunting book was how the author displayed the duality of human experiences - that people (characters) are complex and complicit. Within one exists the capability of good and bad, victim and villain, of causing pleasure and pain, helper and harmer. A must-read if eerie reads are up your alley.

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

emotional informative 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

Yaa Gyasi is a stellar writer. I enjoyed this format of storytelling where the the protagonist is more focused on exploring long-held and developing questions of religion and science. 

Siren by Kuli Roberts

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

A much needed gaze into the true behind-the-scenes of television stars. Siren is a G. 

Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma

reflective medium-paced

5.0

A mirror held up to the aftermath of apartheid on South Africa lest history is misconstrued or forgotten.