anika_a's reviews
44 reviews

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

Go to review page

dark fast-paced

4.0

for a revenge tragedy that was pretty fucking funny 
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Go to review page

challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

it’s embarrassing how long this took me to read but i  enjoyed it. i find the dust bowl and the great depression super interesting from a historical point of view and this book does a great job at showing the circumstances that surround the character 
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

i have such a deep love for the stories i really enjoyed in the anthology that i’m willing to overlook the ones that i felt weren’t as well written or i thought were too cliched
i really love the idea and concept of love so i feel in that regard this book was made for me and some of those stories really provoked really emotional response for me
i also admire the attention detail and creativity with adapting these myths
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Go to review page

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

the book’s concept was really interesting and it’s format (the epistolary aspect) was something that really appealed to me but it was poorly executed 
the characters just fell flat for me like there wasn’t much substance to them and it’s so obvious the book was relying on intense gore to carry the plot. But gore alone just never makes good horror. I just don’t get the hype at all
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

howl’s moving castle is one of my favourite films and although the book is way different to the film i still found it so enjoyable 
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Go to review page

challenging reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

this might’ve actually been one of the most complex things i’ve ever read. but i actually enjoyed it ?? i mean i have a lot of thoughts mostly because she covered so much in this book and i’m looking forward to talking about it in lit soc so i can try and make those thoughts more coherent. will be thinking many thoughts about sally and clarissa tonight   
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Go to review page

dark tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 i’m so glad this is a text that i get to like analytical essays on and stuff because complex characters who all  suck 🥰🥰
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Go to review page

dark emotional funny
  • 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? Yes

4.5

i’m going to say this i find this dystopia much more scary and fascinating than the one orwell presented in 1984
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

Go to review page

dark funny medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

everyone always focuses on how absurd and chillinging the ending is, but there are some brilliant moments in the beginning of the book in England that are pretty funny in the way satires always are and i don’t think that gets enough credit 
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Go to review page

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

3.0

i just feel such sympathy towards rose who was used as both a pawn by pinky and ida and then has arguably one of the saddest endings in the book (watching pinky die, having to move back with her parents, about to hear the record) all because of the games other people played around her. she definitely had it awful