kayto_couchpotato's reviews
310 reviews

Confessions by Kanae Minato

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Pretty Boys Are Poisonous : Poems by Megan Fox
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

Big nope for me. It's like reading the goth girl's journal in high school if you broke up with her the day before and she knew you were going to read it. 

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

3.0

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I originally gave this 4.25 stars, but then found myself thinking about this book and talking about it more than many other books I read this year. It's not stunning literature that will change the world, but the insidious way it burrows into your brain and makes you uncomfortable and on edge is something I have not experienced in a long time. Honestly in such a subtle way the horror of this book snuck up on me. It shocked me the way predictable horror troupes have fallen short of for years now. I appreciate the feeling of being a new, imaginative reader again. That's worth 5 stars and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South

slow-paced

2.75

Hide: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White

5.0

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

4.0

Slab by Selah Saterstrom

2.5

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.25

The Last Days of California by Mary Miller

dark sad slow-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

3.0

The writing is good. The characters are exceptionally fleshed out, but the story doesn't really go anywhere. It's more of a character portrait of a teenager on outskirts like a 1,000 other stories. I think it would've worked better as a short story. Nothing meaty enough for a novel.