sidarines's reviews
9 reviews

The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski

inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

honestly no matter what issues i had with this book, sid has to be one of my favourite characters of all time and reading about an unapologetically butch lesbian in fantasy is like... probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me lmao

when people said the ending is abrupt i had no idea it would be THAT abrupt. i was okay with it mostly? but getting that SINGLE page of sid and nirrim at the very end was kind of depressing bc i just wanted more of them :( having only one scene of their dynamic/chemistry just felt like a missed opportunity. i cried. whatever

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Olivia by Dorothy Strachey

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

no other ya book is ever gonna compete with this you can all give up now

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous 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? No

4.0

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

tense slow-paced

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

2.0

what even happened

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

sid Kiss me

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

it was really slow. alex & darlington supremacy though,, i feel like the rest of the series will be way better

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

“Hunger, Red—to sate a hunger or to stoke it, to feel hunger as a furnace, to trace its edges like teeth—is this a thing you, singly, know? Have you ever had a hunger that whetted itself on what you fed it, sharpened so keen and bright that it might split you open, break a new thing out?”

this is literally the best book of all
time. do i understand the plot? no i do not. but there are enemies to lovers lesbians moving through time and space IDC ABOUT THE PLOT!!!