aubreycc123's reviews
20 reviews

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Would give 6 stars if I could. This was the first time I cried while reading something, I loved it the whole way through.

I’m a leftist with an interest in linguistics and I love historical fictions, especially those with magic elements. It feels like it was catered to my tastes specifically. I really did love it so much.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

This is the first classic I’ve ever read, I absolutely loved it. A very welcome surprise.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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4.0

The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.

DNF @ 50%

I really wanted to like this but it’s such a chore. The feminist themes(and honestly the book in general) are always tell don’t show and you can really tell it’s written by a cis woman. The themes fall flat when you actually pick at them and with Nox in particular they often mirror racist tropes about black women.

The lowlights for me were:
- calling periods the “curse of womanhood”
- “hard thick rod of serotonin” is one of the worst things I’ve had the displeasure of reading.
- saying the women working in the brothel were empowered when they were literally sold into sex slavery, this view was not challenged in what I read
- the graphic depiction of a black girl getting whipped for really just no reason at all
- Giving the lesbian character who was sold to a brothel a sex scene with a man that by all accounts is smut and seen as something enjoyable for her. I know this is marketed as a bi fantasy but Nox is literally described as having no taste for men so wtaf was that.

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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

It’s long as hell, has 4 plots going on at once, is super slow paced at the start, and I absolutely loved every second. Finished in one freak marathon sitting.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

I don’t normally read stuff like this, but I thought it was so good! Perfectly creepy and the mystery really intrigued me. That being said I think the start is a tad slow.

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