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55 reviews

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

the ending sure was sad but it didn’t leave me in shambles as much as i’d like it to. why the hell did he use the n word so much? i almost went crazy reading that one chapter where he used it over and over again i swear he could’ve just used Crooks name it’s not that hard. george loves lennie so much that kind of part is just heartbreaking but overall it’s a book. i’m really bad at ratings idfk i just don’t love it and don’t think id recommend it to anyone
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i feel like i’m being too generous with my 5 stars lately but this was a great book. especially that plot twist at the end!!! kept me up all night and i wasn’t even struggling. OH i remember that one lady on tiktok saying monique was weirdly portrayed as a biracial woman and no actual poc character would talk like that (the author is white) so there goes a star for that. also i loved how david was written only to strengthen monique’s character development&plot. we see so many examples of women characters written somewhere in the story for the exact reason so it was nice to see a change. 
am i a bad person for completely understanding why evelyn did what she did with monique’s dad?? maybe i wouldn’t easily forgive her if i was monique but from a neutral pov i completely understand why she had to do what she did. there was too much in line from her own life that she couldn’t afford being empathetic
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

i honestly don't know if this is a 5 star book but it may as well be. after chapter 11 every single thing just threw me off. every chapter contradicted the one before and stuff that i thought wouldn't happen happened. it seriously kept me on my toes. oscar wilde is a good writer though i am upset he relates to dorian too much. anyway: fuck harry.
basils only fault was loving dorian.
. fuck dorian. gladys the duchess has my heart.
sibyl vane and her brother (mom too) deserve so much better.
i'm giving -0.5 because some stuff harry and dorian would defend pissed me off :)
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.75

it started out amazing and made me do a lot of self reflection but it took a turn a little before midway. I thought this would be purely philosophical but it became a little more fiction-y and too
sappy self love-y
at the end. it was quite cute though, just different from what i had originally wanted things to resolve as
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

this book broke me. i’m in awe of how violently some scenes were described. -1 star for the n word with the hard R and the ending
after 20 pages of ralph getting chased to his death (keeping in mind all previous acts of violence and deaths) i really thought they would get to him and that he would die. i don’t know if this makes me a fucked up person but i lowkey wanted to read another scene of 12 year old boys violently killing off another peer. also the fire parallel was really upsetting because ralph was finally proven correct, the fire did help them get rescued. only if jack had gotten his shit together in the beginning and had taken care of the fire like he was supposed to…
Om du var jag by Jessica Schiefauer

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2.75

i really thought they were going to realise they're in love with each other but UNFORTUNATELY they are not gay
Friend Request by Laura Marshall

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

the plot twist on this was good quality it really kept me on my toes. the first 100-150 pages were boring though. i don't care much about a divorced mom and her child
Den gyllene hårnålen by Maria Gustavsdotter

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

the ending was so underwhelming i really thought they'd run away together. cecilia is a hag märta could've done so much better (maybe not in those times terms but you know what i mean)
Norrtullsligan by Elin Wägner

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this shit was so intense for no reason the only thing i understood was that the mc lived in an apartment with 4(?) other women and the owner(?) man of the place? and they all were struggling with some stuff.
Normal People by Sally Rooney

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emotional funny sad 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

1.0

i HATE the miscommunication trope also poor marianne she attracted toxicity wherever she went like homegirl could not catch a break

also HOW are you gonna make the one black dude a neonazi? this book is way too overrated