elisabethkatee's reviews
119 reviews

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

look i just couldn’t NOT give this boo five stars… yes may eeee i would have loved a little more to have happened and developed between hanne and thea whilst she was

still alive in the beginning

but ultimately the beauty this story holds just truly transcended all odds. it took me a long time to find this surprisingly - as someone who usually takes maybe a week to finish a book, i was on this one for about two months and i think i can say that was totally due to the fact is was just written so damn well, it took energy to make sure i was fully absorbing it in all its beauty you know !? anyway yes hannah kent has such a magical touch for writing and this really exceeded expectations!! <3 hanne and thea foreverrrr

also i any bloody WAIT to see this as a film adaptation oh my gosh!!

The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

this book was written really well. i LOVED the pacing of it the most - made for a quick and easy read with it’s short chapters!
my biggest aversion to it though as someone suffering from anorexia was the speediness in which the whole process of Annas recovery took. it was just so unrealistic. like inpatient for 6 weeks and then she’s just like out and ready and eating like uhhh idk girl?!?
i guess she still attends the day program but still even when she was in 17 Swann street she literally had like this one slip up and that was it like sorry again just not realistic. but yeah idk i did actually really enjoy reading this and seeing like the impacts on families and loved ones - i think that aspect was really fascinating to read about as an ed sufferer.
overall a quick solid read, i would recommend :)

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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

really lovely writing and so many beautiful phrases, comparisons and lines that made me think awfully deeply… i will say it felt a little tedious at points and the ending well idk how i felt about it. i did like it very much but also partly idk it all ended so fast and some things just felt a bit misplaced?! overall average i’d say

All The Young Dudes - Volume One: Years 1 - 4 by MsKingBean89

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

honestly stumped on what to say about this one. made me both feel depressed and annoyed and ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD LOL ! at first i wasn’t too sure where things were going and didn’t think mr holden copperfield was too jazzy of a character - spoiler alert - he’s not, but that’s kinda what makes the book what it is. my late teen angst and hatred for peculiar oddities kinda really begun to show when i found myself relating a little too hard to holden and agreeing wholeheartedly to his often complaints! yeah he’s just a sobby white boy walking around the streets of york smoking and drinking too much and feeling sorry for himself but let’s be real, don’t we all at this age!? all in all yeah i ended up enjoying it more than i thought although in retrospect it’s not like the most incredibly written book - i mean i’ve read fan fictions more thought out than this. honestly a very average read, enjoyable sure but nothing too crazy. that’s all i guess, that’s all.

Sea Glass by Anita Shreve

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emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

i was so surprised i loved this almost as much as the first fortunes rocks tale. revisiting Ely Falls and the beautiful house on the fortune rocks beachside made my heart just so so warm ! i think the main difference was simply that this story was just shorter and spread out among more characters as opposed to fr. anyway yeah the whole thing with the sea glass was beautifully described and so many lovely sentences and notes on women and social constructs and all that jazz in the 1920/30s. another beautiful shreve novel - i hate saying goodbye to her worlds !

Loveless by Alice Oseman

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced