meruoss's reviews
202 reviews

Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

Kind of corny but still really good 

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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

3.5

I loved the idea of this book, along with the diversity and the cool body horror. I just felt like parts of the books felt muddled, and I wanted slightly more clarification at parts. The world building just was a bit confusing to me. I also think a lot of the side characters didn’t get enough development. Still, this was a good book. It had some really cool images and I enjoyed the main two characters a lot

How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Róisín

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

A really informative and raw collection. I think it’s one I need to revisit, but overall it was beautifully written and I learned a lot.

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

4.75

I really really enjoyed this. I love the way it explored queerness, and the way opulence is beautiful but so inherently corrupt. I want to buy my own copy for rereads

The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-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

4.75

I’m a slut for well written historical fiction. You could tell how researched this was while reading. Cannot wait to finish the series!! 

Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

A surreal and perfect tale. I already want to reread and discover more 

Small Game by Blair Braverman

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

This was such a fast pace and genuinely fun read. I really really enjoyed it. My only note/question is

why did that one camera man leave her a gun?? Did he knowingly leave them or was it a communication issue????

The Epilogue by Kiera Cass

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

Pretty cute I guess
I was such a simp for America when I was a kid 

The Maid by Kiera Cass

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? Yes

0.5

This was bad. Idk what I expected 

Scenes from Celeste by Kiera Cass

dark emotional sad fast-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

2.75

Not bad but is kinda fucked to write this when

you spent the whole series making her only a shallow bitch when she could have had more of an arc before she died