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144 reviews

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

LUCY GRAY THEY WOULD NAVER MAKE ME HATE YOU!!!

Happy Place by Emily Henry

3.5

The Love Wager by Lynn Painter

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

They met on a dating app, do I really have to say anything else?

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

reflective relaxing slow-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

2.5

This book was alright. It had an awesome setup but I think it was missing some plot. I understand the book mostly centers about Claire and Henry and their "love story" but I did not care about them or the other characters at all (or what happened to them, for that matter.)

I feel like the author had great opportunities to push the limits of time travelling and how it can impact a person's Henry's life but he is just boring and hates this ability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Mental illness and Abandonment

Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends as an Adult by Marisa G. Franco

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

Nice advice on friendships nothing groundbreaking but the reminder is there and I liked it. Called me out a couple of times.

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

dark emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

honestly after hunger games and catching fire this was Lowkey a let down because it was slow paced to the point where it was hard to pick up back again. The whole conflict was very big and I felt like since Katniss was going through some shit (especially with the drugs) her narrative was interrupted a lot.

The ending with Prim I predicted half way through the book and I don't know how to feel about it. I do gotta say that the last chapters were good and the epilogue was genuinely sweet with them in district 12 and their kids :')

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

My Queen Taylor Jenkins Reid does it again. This is a beautiful story of how simple decisions can completely change our lives. 
She deliver with the characters, the situations, the romance, THE DRAMA. Love her.

Honestly when they said the titles at the end it it was different people because based on that decision she ended up with different people (either Ethan or Henry) I SCREAMED

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

4.25

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

4.5

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like this is a very solid book. It has the magic system/school sort of world building, the characters and the plot are all there. There's drama, there's romance (lightly), and everything but I feel like it's missing something I cannot quite understand.