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Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Quite liked this, there was a lack of pay-off in the end for me though.
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
informative
medium-paced
5.0
This is an excellently-written and comprehensive examination of how women are systematically ignored and dismissed in medical practice. One of the best non-fictions I've read for many years.
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
The story was interesting but i found the prose really boring
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
dark
slow-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
5.0
Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Wrong time for this book - not a theme I really want to read at this stage, although the writing certainly is beautiful.
Hydra by Adriane Howell
slow-paced
3.0
An antiques dealer messes up her career assaulting a client and retreats to a ramshackle farm belonging to the Australian Navy, where she tries to patch her life back together and becomes increasingly terrified as someone starts leaving dead animals on her doorstep. The premise of this novel is fun and intriguing; it's certainly not every day that you come across a novel that pairs themes of Queen Anne furniture with a rural Australian farm setting. Unfortunately I didn't quite click with this one. There was something about the transient nature of the story that made it difficult for me to completely settle into it. I enjoyed it, but not something I will particularly remember.