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yolanda_h's Reviews (306)

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

5.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Het bal der gekken

Victoria Mas

3.75

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

Elif Shafak

3.5

informative reflective fast-paced

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Free Food for Millionaires

Min Jin Lee

3.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

2.0

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Started as an entertaining read, although I couldn’t resist a multitude of eyerolls. After 75% or so it plummeted to 2 stars, sadly. The devices the author uses there to get to the point they want and to connect the dots are unnecessary, slightly artificial and plainly annoying to me. The premises is so appealing and awesome. The execution is a letdown for me, mostly the present day storyline.

Can be used for a drinking game, for every time a character gasps or feels a certain sensation prickling on their skin.

Content Warnings

The Mill On The Floss

George Eliot

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Julia and the Shark

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.5

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

‘[My mum] wrote a very long essay about a whale that goes around the world alone because it sings at a different frequency to the other whales. It can hear them, but they can’t hear it. I understand a little how that whale feels.’

I love this book. It’s about so many things. About finding the ones that are swimming on your wavelength, for example. But it’s also about mental health, love in all forms, darkness and kicking towards the light.

Julia and the Shark is reminiscent of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness in the sense that a child goes through something difficult regarding a parent, and has to find their way in dealing with the emotions and fear that this brings. Both books combine amazing storytelling with art, a lot is represented by nature and both authors take children, their feelings and their ability to understand things seriously. No sugarcoating here.

Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston created made
something special.