saintsnacky's reviews
64 reviews

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

dark mysterious 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

4.25

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

dark 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? Yes

3.75

The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

I was so disappointed in this book. The entire love story is just toxic masculinity, it’s yucky. I don’t even really know what this book was supposed to be about. It’s a subpar love story, the “mystery” of the sister is weird and incomplete. The small town they live in is perfect in every way, the town is overfunded and flawless, everyone in the town is an exceptional human being— it’s borderline creepy. 

There are so many plot holes. I just don’t get the appeal of this book. 550 pages of true nothingness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

I found this book almost good. It’s engaging, the plots creative enough but it just had too much going on. There’s way too many horror movie comparisons to real life movies with slight details changed, endless movie titles to differentiate and way too many characters. 
The main characters are all irksome, there are huuuuge plot holes. 
I wanted to love this book but it left me annoyed and unsatisfied. 

Brother by Ania Ahlborn

dark emotional 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

4.5

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

4.5

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.

It just didn’t keep my attention. Too many characters and not enough plot