turtlebread's Reviews (47)

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

DID NOT FINISH

I really wanted to like this but the inner dialogue of the main character (the majority of text) is frustratingly pretentious and edgelordy.

The Murders of Molly Southbourne

Tade Thompson

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

I could not get past the childish cadence of the writing style. It made sense when Molly was a small child but less so as she becomes a young adult. She's sheltered, yes, but also apparently very well read. All I was hanging on for was the answer to the mystery, which is not enough for me.

Winter Lost

Patricia Briggs

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Not my fav Mercy book, but still a fun read.

Rabbits

Terry Miles

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

It's Ready Player One for crypto bros.

Small Game

Blair Braverman

3.5

adventurous emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Not sure why this is billed as a thriller. It's more a slow meditation on a mish mash of human experiences through the lens of a survival story. The central mystery, which doesn't happen until over half way through the book, is never really addressed. It's just a plot device, which is fine except that when a reader is expecting a thriller, this is unsatisfying.

It is probably a solid 5 star read if what you want is a slow, purposeful wilderness survival story. It was not for me though.