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376 reviews
Nightfall by Shannon Messenger
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-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? No
4.5
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Gore
Three Good Things by Wendy Francis
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
Okay so... This is not a *horrible* book BUT!
It's extremely average in its genre, but pebbled with nearly all my bookish pet peeves (also, the narrator on Scribd can't pronounce Kringle! sincerely, an actual danish person)
Spoiler's ahead!
1) agressively heteronormative
2 the 'my husband is sleeping with his hot, blonde colleague - oh no he is not she's gay' thing is underdeveloped and strange as hell
4) Getting pregnant at 45, by a ONS, after decades of trying is both triggering and highly uncommen! Take it from this infertile reader
3) when you date someone, while carrying someone else's baby - tell them!
4) When you tell your new SO that you are preggers with someone else(after 4 months) I find it unbelievable that their response is 'it's difficult to be upset about a baby'
5) When you travel a long way to tell the bio-father, ex husband, about the baby - actually tell him.
6) Generally just tell people if you are carrying their child...
My goodness 🙄
It's extremely average in its genre, but pebbled with nearly all my bookish pet peeves (also, the narrator on Scribd can't pronounce Kringle! sincerely, an actual danish person)
Spoiler's ahead!
2 the 'my husband is sleeping with his hot, blonde colleague - oh no he is not she's gay' thing is underdeveloped and strange as hell
4) Getting pregnant at 45, by a ONS, after decades of trying is both triggering and highly uncommen! Take it from this infertile reader
3) when you date someone, while carrying someone else's baby - tell them!
4) When you tell your new SO that you are preggers with someone else(after 4 months) I find it unbelievable that their response is 'it's difficult to be upset about a baby'
5) When you travel a long way to tell the bio-father, ex husband, about the baby - actually tell him.
6) Generally just tell people if you are carrying their child...
My goodness 🙄
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
funny
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
3.5
Cute & fun romance book. The setting was GREAT - I've never read a book with a 25-year old in the setting of a retirement community.
However, it was very predictable and the ending was one of those "everything is fixed with one big hug"
And the "sisters" being sisters for the first 300 pages is problematic and also see-through (if you know you know).
However, it was very predictable and the ending was one of those "everything is fixed with one big hug"
And the "sisters" being sisters for the first 300 pages is problematic and also see-through (if you know you know).
Beach Read by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
4.0
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
emotional
funny
reflective
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0