junosdaughter's reviews
86 reviews

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

emotional funny hopeful 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

They're Going to Love You by Meg Howrey

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

tough to rate! salena godden is so clearly talented and i really enjoyed the personification of life and death. the metaphors are interesting. overall, i just don’t think it was fleshed out as well as it could’ve been. but i had a great time.

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.75

“It is necessary —and toward this our development will move gradually —that nothing strange should befall us, but only that which has long belonged to us.”

Letter Eight saved lives. Letter Eight is a candle in the dark for young people everywhere. Letter Eight is my friend, my mother, my security blanket. Letter Eight…

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

All's Well by Mona Awad

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

mona awad is one of our great literary fiction writers. i found myself constantly in awe of the power of her prose, the plot development, the surrealism, she just has IT! absolutely bewitching.

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

certainly spooky but, shockingly, there’s a gross (haha) theme running through this even more unsettling than the ghosts and with inverse entertainment value! (it’s pedophilia!!!)

mike flanagan, the man you are for crafting “the haunting of bly manor” out of this!!!

Daisy Miller by Henry James

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

challenging funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

my feminist canon!