opalia's reviews
85 reviews

Winter by Marissa Meyer

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

favourite serie until i DIE

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

challenging informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is literally my new favorite book. Won over so many classics. It has such beautiful writing, and deep and great characters. Don't even get me started on the prose. I am about to translate it in my mother tongue just to do a whole propaganda to anyone I meet. The message is delivered in the best way, the aesthetics are incredible, the description of human lives and behaviors? I'll literally never get over this, this book is a fever dream, argue with the wall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Haven’t read the third part because it was giving internalized misogyny but the rest was absolute chief kiss

Le Printemps Du Déclin by Anthony Vignals

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

Bring Him to His Knees by Musyc

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An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I AM not going to ramble on this one but i'd say this book is a bunch of wastes potential. I understood why rating it: it's character based when it should've been plot based. The love story doesn't really makes sense, the description lacking. And the end feels like a great tie of every information but still feels little bit rushed. Overall i am found of the writing and loved reading a little bit about an artist that is greatly depicted.

Good and fast read, not the best of the year still.

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

2.75

I am SO sorry for not liking this book and i know it's stupid to say lmao. The plot is sweet, the characters are great, i totally understand where the rating is from. But i felt there was too much telling and no "show" when it came to the romance. The pacing wasn't doing it for me etc... Nontheless the message and the book is quite great.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

The potential it has but the author decided to SPOILER resume everything in the "i needed love" when he showed sm more possibility of depth the whole book. 

The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

like my pdb literally being chestnutpilled... do i need to say more