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154 reviews

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

 

The characters are so descriptive with their inner monologues and thought trains, it felt intrusive (and I had a bawl). It was such a ride, going through the post big event (death of Ivan’s and Peter’s father) time of such different characters. The book effortlessly portrays the human process of grief, loss and inner turmoil, the subsequent growth. 

How to sail proliferation of inappropriate attachments while you are grieving your dead father, a handbook. 

Verity by Colleen Hoover

dark 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? Yes

4.5

Maala by Nemrah Ahmed

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

All those long chapters and nonsense roller-coaster for a stupid ending.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written but too political for me

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

emotional relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Just finished this book…

I dont think i can sleep tonight 

Sula by Toni Morrison

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Beloved by Toni Morrison

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Its been a month i have started this book. Its been a month i am being tormented by it.
Beloved refuses to be a page turner. It refuses to build a flow. When a book does that, asks you to stop and pay attention to what it has to say, i grow a bit more critical whether what its saying is worth it or not.

Its written in a non-conventional way that i personally hate but i am still bound by it. Can't leave it in the middle because i am absolutely on a choke hold by it. 

Morrison has to be completely mad for writing Beloved.
The prose is gold but what's written is pitch black tar. 
I am having absolute worst time reading it. It has given me nightmares and sometimes i have to take a 2 3 days break to brave up the energy to open it. Can't leave it too.. choke hold.. remember?

I absolutely hate this book. 4/5

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a page turner. Finished it in one day. <3 

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.75

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

sad tense medium-paced

5.0