savouri's reviews
16 reviews

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Oh My God. She's delulu 😭😭 

But the fact that it's written in June's perspective makes it a struggle because she's constantly reassuring herself of her behavior, and she's an unreliable narrator because she pushes her biased opinions onto the readers of others, consistently pushing down anyone and everything that she deems 'below her'. 

For reference, this is how she talks about her EIGHT-YEAR-OLD NEICE; "an iPhone-addicted, Tik-Tok-obsessed basic bitch in training." What??? 💀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Who Runs the World? by Virginia Bergin

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

i mean,,,, it's a good concept executed badly 

i feel like the ending was rushed, and i fought tooth and nail to get through the slump in the middle where nothing really happened, only to be disappointed by the final chapters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault

The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.5

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

challenging dark reflective fast-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

4.0