rotator's Reviews (37)

reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: No
hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

DID NOT FINISH

i’ve read fanfic 10x better than this. characterization felt like it was written by a middle schooler. and kept rolling my eyes at the nearly fantastical perception of american government. bleh

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

writing felt middle grade and humor wasn’t hitting past the first few chapters 
tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Too much time spent in the hell hole known as Twitter. I don't think anyone who isn't terminally online would enjoy this book at all, but unfortunately for me I am so I at least empathized with the pain of being personally harassed online. I guess as a satire this book is FINE but it seemed like it could have done more with the 300ish pages it used to center its core theme of loneliness instead of having June descriptively, repeatedly doomscroll. But since this book was otherwise paced very well and the writing style was super fluid, I ended up reading it in only two days. Overall not a waste of time but I probably won't be picking up other books by this author.

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Edith Hamilton

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

interesting illustrations but compared to other modern mythology overviews it’s extremely dry :/