leontyna's reviews
1410 reviews

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I lack the words to describe the horrors the characters went through and how it affected their whole lives. It would be devastating as a story, it's unimaginable that things like these truly happened.

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Las birnamski by Eleanor Catton

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challenging dark tense

4.0

Oh wow, this was really hard to put down once it got going. Overall I enjoyed this reading experience, although I would prefer more nuanced characters. I'm not entirely sold on the structure (lack of chapters) nor on the ending.

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One Day I Will Write about This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina

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informative slow-paced

2.0

Maybe it's my fault or because I listened to it but this book is so forgettable that I can't tell you a single thing that happened.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

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sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

In some ways it was weird to see it as manga but for some scenes it worked really well, especially given how dramatic and over the top the characters are.

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Po prostu Anne by Selene M. Pascual, Iria G. Parente

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I wasn't convinced at first when I realized the direction it was going but omg I loved it! It perfectly captured the fanfic feeling while being its own thing. I devoured it in one sitting.

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Ale by Daniel Odija

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

It was a pretty average collection and I don't get the idea behind the graphical design of the book. There were a few poems that I liked, mostly the ones about time passing and ones that marvelled at the beauty of the nature.

44 wiersze by Seamus Heaney

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challenging dark

4.0

The collection didn't resonate with me that much but I appreciate how well it's written. I didn't imagine one could write a good poem about a pitchfork but he did. Also the translator did an amazing job - since it was a bilingual edition it was easy to see for me that I would have been lost in the original, since a lot of the vocabulary was related to mining or agriculture or was a dialect.

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