lucyyybee's reviews
41 reviews

The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

medium-paced

2.5

Super disappointed in this book. The title, reviews and cover art really convinced me this would be good. I can’t imagine someone actually finding this book horrifying or thrilling. Several times I believed the book was finally getting creepy but it always went back to underwhelming. “You’ll be desperate to discuss the ending once you’ve recovered from the shock of it.” WHAT? I was shocked at how boring it was. I was hoping the end would have a major twist or insane explanation of the rest of the book. Don’t judge a book by its cover, this is truly the definition of anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

The One by John Marrs

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Definitely a page turner with a lot of surprises. I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

3.5

Lovely War by Julie Berry

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

3.0

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

3.5

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

This book… Um, don’t know where to start. It was boring, exciting plot twist, back to boring. But within all the boring was also just confusion.

Evil MIL who played small role in book ends up being the biggest issue? Somehow thinking the woman with bipolar / schizophrenia who tried to kill her sons girlfriend was a better fit for her son. Mind you, she’s very stuck up and uppity. So that makes no sense as her son is “perfect” and she would otherwise see Marisa as very flawed.

Also paints mental illness in an odd way. I don’t know. I forced myself through it hoping for a good ending. I was let down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

The start was slow for me but wow, once it started I finished in a day. The timeline jumps were my biggest complaint. I would’ve absolutely LOVED to read more of Monday’s journal entries. The few at the end had me in tears. I think it would’ve been lovely to hear more of her side. Really enjoyed this book. 

*LOTS OF TRIGGER WARNINGS TO CHECK BEFORE READING IF NECESSARY.* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail