rachaeldux's Reviews (317)

Blood & Steel

Helen Scheuerer

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Really enjoyed this 😍

How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amid Clouds and Bones

Ella Fields

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

Wow 🥵🥵🥵

The Darkness Within Us

Tricia Levenseller

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix

2.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ehhhh, I found this kind of boring and found my mind wandering while listening to it. Did they ever say how old these characters are? I assumed in their 50s but maybe older?? But that would make Garrett 73 or older??? I have no idea. After reading 3 of Grady’s books I realize that a common theme is people not believing/listening to women (the main character specifically), which is a common theme in real life. But also I would have liked to see at least ONE woman on Lynette’s side. It was incredibly frustrating and at a point I was just over