storykath's reviews
129 reviews

Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert
Did not finish book. Stopped at 67%.

Library loan expired and I wasn't invested enough to go back on the waitlist

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

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

4.0

Very cool tonal shifts between the two narrators, and I loved the sci-fi/noir mystery blend. And any well-developed fictional creole is a win. Are there some weird moments that feel a little sexist/objectifying of women? Yeah. Do they highlight the narrators' worldviews rather than the authors'? I hope so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Alcohol, and Classism

The Martian by Andy Weir

4.0

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

4.0

The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

4.0

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

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

4.25

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

4.5

Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante

4.0

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

5.0

Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

4.5

Very intense and often graphic - check the content warnings. Very well written, although sometimes I got mixed up as far as the timelines when they weren't linear.