weirdgirlcoded's reviews
197 reviews

Speech and Debate by Stephen Karam

dark funny medium-paced

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

2.25

Venus in Fur: A Play by David Ives

challenging funny medium-paced

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

4.75

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

was not expecting to love this but genuinely, how could i not? heartbreaking, beautiful, deeply troubling at times. 

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i don’t know. i was expecting so much more

The Body in Question by Jill Ciment

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Great short read! Love the style of writing and not finding out the main character's name until we are nearing the end. 

Frisk by Dennis Cooper

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

he really had me going and then right up at the very end i wanted to smack dennis in the head 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Physical abuse, Gore, Mental illness, and Torture

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This could have been a 5 star story, if the characters had been better developed and if it didn't cut off so abruptly. I was left wanting, but getting nothing in return. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Vomit

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was astonishing. 

i was absolutely capitivated by the relationships that were built throughout the story, capitivated by the misdirection of the narrative. while a lot of my prediction was correct, i was also far off in integral ways to the plot. i am absolutely stunned by the way the story ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm

Minor: Pedophilia

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

mysterious fast-paced

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

0.25

Garbage book. If I didn't have a compulsive need to finish books, I would have stopped after about 5 pages. This is Wattpad-core garbage. Also whoever edited this shit should be embarrassed. 

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

i started crying so hard towards the end. i’m literally inconsolable right now.