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42 reviews

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I love Archer. I love Bree. I loved everything about this book. I loved reading Archers povs, especially when we were taken back in time to his younger self. Being able to experience and feel everything he had was so emotional, yet inspiring. I feel blessed to have read this book. It’s given me some new outlooks on life. I don’t need to let my mental illnesses get in the way of finding happiness, of putting myself out there, experiencing what the world has to offer me. I will forever be grateful that Archer showed me that.

Bree and Archers relationship is the perfect way to describe what true love is. Helping each other through their trauma, never giving up on them, always standing by their side even when things get difficult.

This is a new favourite book for me and I will be recommending it to everyone. Romance isn’t really my thing and I don’t enjoy the spicy scenes that much (thank you sunni for talking to me about that❤️), but the story in this book makes it worth pushing through.

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Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy fuck, what the fuck did I just read?!

THE PLOT TWIST😫 I WOULD NEVER have suspected them!!

This book was incredible. I loved the different povs and the change in timelines just synced so perfectly!

I honestly can’t think of any flaws or anything I would have changed about this book! It’s definitely one of those that once you read the ending, you’re just so shocked that you NEED to go back and reread the book to see what small details you missed. But like, in a good way!

There were so many different plot twists that shook me, but the last one… god. I just can’t. I don’t want to say too much and spoil it😭

There were also so many people I thought were sus, but turns out it’s the one I least expected👀

The characters were *mostly* all so loveable. I hated Dr. Feingold but I guess we’re meant to lol and sometimes I felt like Leo was a bit immature and insensitive, but then again hes only a kid who’s going through this tough time and he’s just as confused as everyone else.

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Quotes: “If death is a part of the cycle,
then so is life. All things fade, and all things flourish.”

“Home is a choice.”

First of all the dedication😭 one of my favourites ever💗

A great read! It only took about 25 pages for me to be into the story and be hooked! I loved the characters and how unique they were. The ending kind of flat lined though. I was expecting something better. Tbh when I was reading the last 20ish pages I thought it was going to end as a cliffhanger because we were nearly at the end of the book and SO MUCH was happening, but then it moved through really fast and it felt rushed and not constructed properly.

Overall it was a great read & I’d recommend it to everyone!

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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It was fast paced, nothing dragged on too long or went too fast and I love all the characters. Reading this book would absolutely dissolve time! Sometimes it would feel like I’d only been reading for 30 minutes but it had actually been 2 hours!

The writing style was amazing! I loved the unfinished sentences and the sentences with strikethroughs because it made it easier for me to connect with Juliette & understand what was happening in her mind. I can relate to the racing thoughts, thinking and rethinking things over and over again.

Although I absolutely adored this book, I only gave it 4 stars because I got a bit sick of all the metaphors. There were some really great ones, but around 60% through they just seemed to be forced into the writing and sometimes didn’t flow nicely.

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

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funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced