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thetejana_bookshelf's Reviews (147)

One Golden Summer

Carley Fortune

3.25

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

They Never Learn

Layne Fargo

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

3.25

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Will of the Many

James Islington

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Quicksilver

Callie Hart

2.75

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The writing felt repetitive at times and took awhile to get to the point. I get that it helps build suspense but it did not land well when done so often. It became such a pet peeve it lost a star in rating.

Content Warnings

The Missing Half

Ashley Flowers

2.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Missing Half had me wanting to know what happened next and finally get answers to questions. However, the FMC was unbearable and the ending made me feel cheated.