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164 reviews

The Old Goat and The Alien by Veo Corva

hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Once again, Veo Corva has written a fabulous story. It is truly a cozy tale.
One of the things I love about The Old Goat and the Alien is that it feels like entering a world very similar in vibes and kinds of people to the Fediverse.
There is autism, there is ME, and there is a lot of queerness.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes cozy books, and I would even recommend it to anyone else who enjoys reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

There are quite some plot twists.
Just when I thought I knew what was going on, it turned out to be something else...
The plot has a very interesting structure.
It's cool!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Murder, Grief, and Death

Minor: Blood, Terminal illness, and Cancer

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book reads as a kind of commentary on a Victorian age.
I truly loved reading it.
Definitely five stars, but on a whole different level than for all other books I've given five stars before.
The book is very much well-written. It's a masterpiece.

Onderuniversum by Pen Stewart

medium-paced

2.75

Deirdre en de zonen van Usnach by Adriaan Roland Holst

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Een hervertelling van het middeleeuws Ierse verhaal over de verbanning van de zonen van Uisliu.
Deirdre en de Zonen van Usnach bevat sporen van William Butler Yeats' toneelstukversie van het verhaal.
Holst laat minder weg dan Yeats, maar verandert wel een paar dingen, zoals in een hervertelling gebruikelijk is. Ook lijkt Holst gebruik te hebben gemaakt van Yeats' toneelstuk.

Noch Yeats noch Holst eindigt het verhaal zoals het 'origineel' eindigt. 
Holst heeft voor een wat melancholisch einde gekozen.

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

I had to read the first two chapters of this book for study.
I don't feel like finishing it at the moment.
There are too much other books I want to read.

De Vrouwe van Myrdin by Cathinca Van Sprundel

adventurous hopeful mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Het leest goed weg.

A Thief in the Night by KJ Charles

funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This is a lovely novella.
I want more of it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Trinsr, schaduwdieren en de koningsraad by Annemiek Steur

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This is an awesome book. It has kind of the same vibes as one of my favourite books. (Non-Player Character by Veo Corva)