rustycups's reviews
52 reviews

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book but I can understand why people may not like it. Holden as insufferable as he was was such a character to read about. Its a study of sorts in teenage angst and a study in trauma undelt with at a young age. We get to explore a little bit of life in its worst. We get shown how conditions can change somebody Esspecily in an oppressive environment.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was shocking for the sake of being shocking the author was a try hard and the layout was weird. It also had such poorly written characters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

I can see why it is a classic uts a charming read and I greatly enjoyed

Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater

emotional funny fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

Did not enjoy. Age gap was so large and the love interest was just annoying 

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. A couple of the plot twists were predictable but I didn't guess a couple. It was a good book, very faced paced 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Cursing, and Gore

Bunny by Mona Awad

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

This just might be my best book of the year and it's only March. The desent and continuous madness of this book is somthing I've never read before and I thurely enjoyed it. Many people find this book to confusing at certain points but I think it is ment to be that way and has a charm to it. This book has so many remberable quotes and is the first book I have ever felt the urge to tab. Overall I love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, and Grief

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

3.25

It was an overall good read. The characters worked well with eachother but we never really saw much if Hazel unless it was to do with surgery. It wasn't to bad thought because we saw a lot of character displayed through that. I did not like the ending to the book I feel as if jt upset the vibe we allresfy had and it came completely out if nowhere for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Sexism, Murder, Classism, Death, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Torture, Animal death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Val Emmich

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I read this book in one night. Very reflective read and displayes how quickly lies can get out of hand. The book seemed to drag on just the littlest bit and the only character I really found likable was Miguel. It was good at displaying every person had their flaws though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicide

Minor: Addiction

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

This is a wonderful book that dives into topics such as heaven and grief and its aftermath. We get to see Suise's family's grow up and come to terms with what happend in their own ways wether it may be bad or good. I found the description of heaven interesting and an intriguing display of what it could be. I did find the time jumps in the book a little weird and I did get confused at times with the dates. I also feel at the end of the book the bit between Ruth,Ray and Suise was unnecessary and did not add anything to the plot and weirded me out a bit. All togther solid 3 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was a brilliant read. It displayed drugs and their aftermath very realisticly and the fact that the characters are based it tribes is very refreshing because it helps forward the plot rather than just being there. The ending was bittersweet and I think that made me love it more