hobbit_at_heart's reviews
88 reviews

Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

This truly has read up to this point like a knock off hunger games and I cannot go on. I’m so bored.

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

I got a handful of chapters in, and just felt so truly bored. This storyline fell so flat for me. I love Casey’s other works soooo much but this storyline felt so boring and uneventful. Theo I thought was a guy until I realized she wasn’t and that felt ultra disappointing somehow. The back and forth “I still have feelings for him but I hate him” trope makes me wanna gouge out my eyes. Like figure it out or don’t, but don’t try to suck me in to your bullshit lol. 

Kit seems interesting but I feel like we don’t get any insight as to what his deal is or was, at least not by the time I stopped reading. He seemed really kind and nice and she was always inwardly  grumpy towards him? Idk. 

I *maybe* might try this again at a later time, but as of August 2024, this is a big chonky DNF for me.

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I cannot stop crying. This one HURT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Blood

Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

5.0

Alice by Christina Henry

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

A Time of Dread by John Gwynne

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The smut was great. The plot was fucking stupid. The established character development towards the last 20% went out the fucking window. 

All I have to say is I wish I was the person I was before the “human shield” scene. I spent the last 10 chapters just roiling with frustration and a bad attitude toward the author making a stupid call for  “plot twist”. 

Don’t even get me started on the two epilogues and what the names of the children were 🤡💩

Hideaway by Penelope Douglas

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

5.0