randanopterix's reviews
79 reviews

Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Golden Kamuy Vol. 31 by Satoru Noda

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense

5.0

The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What did Wintrow do to you Robin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.25

You can't just have a character go "sex is kind of like a video game" and expect me to take it seriously... This book was very shallow and the characters unlikeable. The

shooting towards the end of the book

had the tone of an especially preachy episode of Law and Order SVU. In that way it shares the artifice of media that "wants to talk about social issues" but fails to say anything at all. 

The scene where Sam says that playing Donkey Kong is kind of like the opposite of the time a woman killed herself in front of him and his mother actually made me laugh out loud.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

adventurous tense medium-paced

2.75

This is THE stupidest book I’ve ever loved. Realistically it deserves like one star and a half, but I must be honest with myself. 

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

For maximum mental torture, do what I accidentally did and happen to be listening to the Oryx’s childhood chapter while driving through a rainstorm. Extra points if you have a pathological fear of driving in rain and have been doing sort of mentally bad in recent months LOL. 

Anyways, great book, Margaret holds so many terrible worlds in her mind. Such awful and believable portents of the future. Queen of the feel-bad novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

This was a sweet book, cozy to a fault. May be more of a personal character flaw that I have a hard time staying engaged with books like this. Worth reading, very short and lovely and is likely a comforting read for many.