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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
adventurous
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
3.0
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, and Medical content
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
(Tried to read this in November 2023)
- You can either waste your time reading this book or you can scroll through quotes and lists of how to be that girl in Pinterest, either way it will be the same content.
- This “essays” are just long ass lists of obvious things and sometimes she bothers to add little comments that are just using pretty words but saying basically nothing in the end.
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Sexual content
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Violence
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Slavery
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
(Tried to read this in November 2023)
- I knew I wanted to take it out of my TBR even before starting it but it's been in my TBR for years and I saw two of my fav booktubers loving this so I just wanted to at least give it a try.
- I don't like the main character at all and this is not my type of book.
- Even if I force myself to finish it it will probably be 2 stars out of pity.
- I rather DNF it and not giving more time to this book. I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out.