tinstae's reviews
45 reviews

adventurous dark funny lighthearted sad tense slow-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

4.0

90% of this one was just sex,,, but hey! special interest earns it 4 starts once again.

also the first time in my life i've devoured 2 novels in less than a day,,,,

unlike vol.1, i doubt time will increase the rating to 5,, 😭

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KinnPorsche (Novel) Vol. 1 by Daemi

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i read ts in like 5 hours,,, the writing is meh but anyone who knows me knows kp is a special interest so the plot alone earned this rating. fuck kinn and vegas tho ! daemi write good nc,, it's a shame their first one is in the context that it is.

eligible for 5 stars but i need to sit on it for a while x

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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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dark informative reflective tense fast-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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. The battle between Juniper knowing she was doing something wrong versus her own self-interests was compelling, and I found myself smiling every time Kuang cleverly interwove Juniper's microaggressions into the prose.

It's a descent into self-interested madness and delusion and how one cannot come back from it; how one continues to feed into the viscious cycle even when they know they are beaten and finished, convinced that they are always the victim, and grappling for sympathy where there is none. I found myself struggling to root for any one character in the book, and perhaps that's what made it so loveable. Everyone is working for only themselves, sacrificing their own principles and values in the gruesome fight for success in a brutal industry.

This was my first reading of Kuang's work and it is safe to say that I am now very much looking forward to reading Babel.

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Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

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dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

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hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

cute and wholesome! but i think i might just be too old now to relate to the childish and sometimes incomprehensible decisions made by characters. there wasn't much beyond surface level. still, a meaningful book, and i absolutely breezed through it in around 3 reading sessions and it left me feeling all warm inside ♡

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