sarahyllescas's reviews
12 reviews

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Amazing way to make a prequel interesting; keeping the characters the same and similar story, yet intriguingly different . Still just as reflective and poetic as We Were Liars. Amazing author!!!

Circe by Madeline Miller

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adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The dialogue of the black characters versus the white characters is a little distasteful. Even if a black character had more education and class than many of the white characters, they were still made to talk like uneducated idiots.

Even though the main character is self educated and only ever lived in the swamp

she talks more "refined." Just put a bad taste in my mouth. Also don't know how to feel about a white author using the "n-word." It felt unnecessary to the story. The time jumps from past to present also add nothing and just make the story drag on.

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

It was so sweet and lighthearted, bu also tackled great subjects like women in STEM and SPOILER- sexual harassment. The characters are so loveable and the tropes are just *chefs kiss. Definitely a rereader.

Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

I just LOVED the deep and real insight into the struggles of women in this time period! You can absolutely tell the author put in so much research to make this book feel real. The emotions and struggles of the sisters were relatable, raw, saddening, and difficult. It was never boring!

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There There by Tommy Orange

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dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

There are so many characters and separation in the characters stories until the way end that I couldn't remember them all and it was hard to keep track what happened to who. That being said, this contemporary piece was so reflective and eye opening to the individual struggles of natives and even minorities as a whole. I really enjoyed that insight. I also just hated the ending was so vague that <spoiler!!!!!!!!> you can't even tell if half the characters die or not! Ugh.

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