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15 reviews

Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas by Josh Malerman

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

The Secret Circle: The Complete Collection: The Initiation / The Captive Part 1 / The Captive Part 2 / The Power / The Divide / The Hunt / The Temptation by L.J. Smith, Aubrey Clark
Did not finish book.

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I eyed this book on bookstore shelves for years before finally buying it, and it somehow held up to 3 years of waiting. This book is incredible - a finely-tuned tension machine, with no dead air or wasted words. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time. 

Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell by Nicole Fiorina
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.

This is the most poorly written, boring book I've ever read. I tried to read it to fall asleep & got too annoyed mentally copyediting it to sleep. I genuinely got lost in run on sentences & confused by inconsistencies from page to page. And the ham-fisted Stephen King references!! I made it to the sentence "The girl who loved Tom Gordon" & gave up. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

Tarkin by James Luceno

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

5.0

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

adventurous funny 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

5.0

Night Shift by Stephen King

3.0

Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark reflective

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

4.5