sargasso_c's reviews
411 reviews

Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

The book is mainly world-building and character interaction, and neither were compelling enough to keep me listening for another 6 hours.

A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

The Toll by Cherie Priest

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If you're a fan of the Tiffany Aching, Discworld series, I think youll find something yo like here. Literally the only way this book would get less than five stars from me is because I want more. I'm hoping it is the start of a series that I can dive into. These characters have ensnared me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit and Gore

The Man Who Found Out by Algernon Blackwood

2.75

A relatively boring story, not helped by a narrator's whose tone was that if one reading a jaunty Memoir rather than a haunting short story. 

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

The story is just fine but the narrator is god awful with a girl's voice. I'll have to pick this one up in print and try again. 

The Haunted Forest Tour by James A. Moore, Jeff Strand
Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.

Not terribly written, but not terribly scary either

The Visitors by Catherine Burns

3.5

Velocities by Kathe Koja
Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.

The author clearly had skills but none of the stories really gripped me.