echood's reviews
10 reviews

The Scenic Route by Christina Baker Kline

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death

The Gift by Freida McFadden

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The Deep by Alma Katsu

5.0

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Grief, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Cancer, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

A Welcome Reunion: A Short Story by Lucinda Berry

dark sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.25

I was disappointed in this story and even more disappointed to learn the author is an actual psychologist. The characters are motivated only by a desire to be evil. The alternating-point-of-view narration was confusing and unnecessary. There was no clear resolution or character growth by the end of the story.

Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Sexual content

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Death

A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.

I know it's a classic, but the story is boring and the narrator is too cynical for me to want to keep reading.