quakeherself's reviews
78 reviews

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

i absolutely loved the first 200 or so pages of this book as i felt francesca and michael were both fully fleshed out but towards the end michael had started feeling manipulative which i hated but the ending of this novel was very sweet and the care and love that francesa and michael felt for john was well-written

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

this book was so dense but the prose was beautiful i really wanted to love this book but it was a but of a slog when marco polo described some of the cities, while other descriptions were brilliant i loved the interactions between marco polo and kublai khan

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

challenging dark reflective 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

2.0

i expected much more from this novel and although thought-provoking the world-building fell short in its characterization and detail huxley’s writing style is dense and i usually enjoy heavy writing but throughout the book much of its descriptions felt unnecessary

Lotería by Cynthia Pelayo

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

the concept of this book was so interesting and i genuinely thought i would love this novel but each story was shallow in its telling and its characters each myth that was introduced felt extremely surface-level i only liked a couple of the short stories but those were far and few

To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

1.0

i wasn’t expecting much from this book but i had some hope that it would be decent i really enjoyed the 4th bridgerton book, but this novel was a bit of a slog. phillip was insufferable and i never really saw what eloise seems to see in him, i thought the plot was interesting enough but the pacing was off and there was some very heavy topics that were handled extremely carelessly, both eloise and phillip were meant to be fleshed out but they never really hit the mark

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

i really wanted to love this book but i think it fell short in a lot of ways i don’t think any of the relationships were fleshed out and each character felt shallow in their motivations and traits, the prose was beautiful but felt forced at times there weren’t moments in which i really connected with any character if the book was more descriptive and atmospheric in its setting i might have liked it better

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

this book was beautifully written and i honestly connected with it so much grande is an astounding writer and the themes of overcoming trauma and how immigration affects families is so poignant absolutely breathtaking

A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

absolutely loved this book a song of ice and fire is my favorite fantasy series of all time george r.r. martin is a brilliant genius every chapter was filled with intrigue and the writing was amazing i could not rave about this book or series enough although probably not my favorite book in the series there was so much world-building and each character felt fully fleshed out

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous hopeful 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

i loved this book so much it took me a little while to get use to tolkien’s writing style but after the first few pages i felt like i was bilbo i loved bilbo so much and connected with gandalf i just felt that i didn’t particularly care that much about the dwarves but this is such a great fantasy book i loved it so much and can totally see how other writers are inspired by tolkien