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151 reviews
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Crushing by Genevieve Novak
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book is more about spending time with the characters aka our protagonist Marnie as she stumbles her way through life and love.
The first half not much was happening except her judgement of others and entertaining an unavailable man through a friendship.
Shes a serial dater who morphs herself into the ideal woman for whoever she is with.
It wasnt until the second half of the book where things became more interesting with her internal dialogue and self discovery.
This is where the book split for me as the author seemed to take much more time carefully placing her sentences together and weaving in beautiful descriptive writing about how you feel when youre world is falling apart and you have to find the spark to rebuild yourself again.
Content Warnings
There is a cheating trigger if anyone needs to know💕
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I loved this sweet little romance book. I loved that it was written clunky and nerdy like the main character as she stumbles through her awkwardness.
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
The writing is clunky and it took me out of the story.