ellieeeeeee's reviews
237 reviews

Bunny by Mona Awad

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

so weird 

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging dark reflective slow-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

can't wait to reread this tbh so interesting and well written 

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

andy serkis really made it feel like you were tolkien's child being told a bedtime story 

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

heartbreaking story of dementia and loss 

Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

"Eros is always a story in which lover, beloved and the difference between them interact."
so informative, so many sources referenced throughout to show every possible angle of Eros. 

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

feeling very wtf did i just read

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

5.0

"Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one's sense of one's own reality."
"Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time."
"It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death—ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life." 

A Happy Death by Albert Camus

emotional reflective 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

4.5

gorgeous 
"it takes time to live. like any work of art, life needs to be thought about. mersault thought about his life and exercised his bewildered consciousness and his longing for happiness in a train compartment which was like one of those cells where a man learns how to know what he is by what is more than himself."

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

what the fuck

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

im obsessed w his writing style, the characters were so interesting (pepper ♥️♥️), the omniscient perspective, the plot itself, chefs kiss