tiller's reviews
70 reviews

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I really expected to hate this book, IDK why.

Masks of the Miscam by Joaquín Baldwin

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Charming, adventurous, exciting- a world worth exploring, very well explored. I’m already so excited for the next release!!

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed taking this in, even if it is EXTREMELY “A Very Special Episode” energy.

Also low key dying every time the characters say “do a weed”

Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

adventurous slow-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

2.5

I just didn’t really care for it. If it hadn’t been only 200 pages I probably would have been a DNF

The Outsider by Stephen King

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

emotional hopeful 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

Extremely sweet.

Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella

medium-paced

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

1.0

Genuinely bad. Hats on hats, no reason for the main character to be a werewolf, tropes, an awkward rushed ending. Two incredibly lovable characters and everyone else sucks. Mixed messaging where there is messaging at all. A bunch of half thoughts half explored. Confused metaphors.

Don’t read it, its a bad book.

The Future by Naomi Alderman

adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Overwhelmingly depressing if you’re already the kind of person who fears global warming, ai, social media but it ends with hope

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

medium-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

1.5

The underlying adventure of this book is great but the book itself has no heart, the writing is terrible, everything feels so half-assed.

I know it’s for younger audiences but I read a lot of books for that age range and this is bad.

Watch the show instead 🤷

Heartsong by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.5

I love these books. I will miss these characters so much when they’re done.