winter_light's reviews
438 reviews

System Collapse by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.5

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Lovely book, lots to think about. Ideal candidate for a reread.

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

Men and Menswear: Sartorial Consumption in Britain 1880-1939 by Laura Ugolini
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

needed to return the library book

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.

needed more attention / focus - try again in the summer ?

Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life by Marie Kondo

informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

full of lovely photographs, that didn't look at all like a real home. the content of the book was a bit rehashed from other publications by kondo, but it was a nice chill read.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

this world's concept of untouched wilderness is strange to me and i had a hard time slipping as deeply into the narrative as i think i was intending to for some didactic points, but overall it had a lot of comforting imagery and i liked mosscap a lot :)

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.

couldnt dedicate time/focus on narration right now, subject matter was a bit too heavy

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5