pulldroned's Reviews (134)

Red Dragon

Thomas Harris

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

do NOT read this if you love will graham… poor little man 💔💔💔

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Slight Spoilers:

It’s hard to put into words what I feel about this book. It was very interesting to see his progression and regression and how with progress his morals went in a different direction. I just wanted the mouse to be happy.

Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.25

dark funny medium-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

Honestly? I really enjoyed most of these short stories. They were simple and kind of drab which brought a certain vibe I really enjoyed. However, after a certain point the stories were just repetitive.

Twisted Games

Ana Huang

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked this a lot more than the first book but it was still a little bit ridiculous. Just not my taste.

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gay ass play

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

4.25

dark emotional 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

I like the gnome version better

Hannibal

Thomas Harris

3.25

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I adore Hannibal so much tbh

Ocean Sea

Alessandro Baricco

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If the entire book was like part two it would have easily been a 5 star read. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy the first part and the first half of the third part.