kups's reviews
21 reviews

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Kevin is one of the most annoying characters to ever be written. 

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This was such an interesting book to read. From the beginning, it started slow because of how negative Mary's perspective was, which was completely understandable considering her circumstances. But after the first 100ish pages the story got really crazy with all the cult stuff. Poor Nancy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Gore, Body shaming, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I love everything about this book! I liked how the story was told in split perspectives, how mysterious what happened in the submarine was, how Miri dealt with her grievances, and all the interesting little ocean/animal facts thrown throughout the book. It was such a nice read!

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The Husband Stitch, Eight Bites, and Inventory were my favorite stories in this collection. The rest of the stories are good but they won't stick with me as much as the others will. I'm not sure how to feel about Especially Heinous, maybe it is more interesting for people who know Law and Order. The format of how the story was told was interesting but confusing. 

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Very tense and confusing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

The Shining by Stephen King

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

There are so many questionable things in this book. The story was wonderful though and very tense, once the story started to pick up it was hard to put down. The racism in the book and the weird sexual instances were so random though. While the racism could be explained as another way that the hotel was evil, it feels unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, Torture, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Pedophilia and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

Misery by Stephen King

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Murder and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs