_brooke___'s reviews
81 reviews

Love Stories by Trent Dalton

emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.75

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-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

4.0

Dear Dolly: On Love, Life and Friendship, Collected wisdom from her Sunday Times Style Column by Dolly Alderton

funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

The Other Son by Nick Alexander

emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Suicide

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Compelling read set in Ireland in the 80s. Completely fictional but based on true stories of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

Needed to return to the library and hadn’t been grabbing me. 

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0