elisabethkatee's reviews
119 reviews

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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dark funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

this is gone take me another couple years to fully understand 🥲 still a fabulous text nevertheless
Animal Farm by George Orwell

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challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

so cool how in just 10 short chapters you watch this whole unjust society form from a banal farm of well - farm animals… very smart very well done
The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

alliteration all around
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

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3.75

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

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4.25

THIS LITERALLY FELT LIKE WATCHING THE FILM - what a truly great escape this tale is <3
The Stand by Stephen King

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adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

did i enjoy this book? laws yes!? and oh how i teared up and sobbed with my astounding love for both tom and kojak… M O O N, that’s spells LOVE😍
One Day by David Nicholls

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

oh my gosh where do i even start. first thing i wanna say is - this book is the perfecT combination of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ and the Before Trilogy of movies with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. I got so wonderfully attached and involved with the two charters in this right from the get go - and that ending - TIRE ME APART LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE. I usually don’t get to emotional or teary in books similar to this often because i just don’t hold that big a connection with the characters and their lives - but this was again just written in a way that guided the reader on a journey of live and loss and light and hope and sarcasm and fun and just EVERYTHING!!!! and also can i just say - THE FACT that
the WHOLE thing was set on her date of death and like when i realised that at the end i’d been reading the past anniversaries of this inevitable fact, i just can’t, it was so deviously smart and torturously beautiful!
umm also WHAT THE HELL I LITERALLY FINISHED READING THIS BOOK TODAY - DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAYS DATE IT??!?!?! THE 15th OF FREAKING JULY !!! THIS WAS NOT PLANNED I AM SHAKIN!!!!
Nest by Inga Simpson

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inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

i think going into this i was hoping for a strong tale touching on the inner child and expression in all forms but was probably a little put down to find the focus sat more on birds and the daily life of Jen, an artist who lives in a beautiful canopy clad forest house drinking lots of tea and the occasional slice of cake when her single student, Henry comes for art lessons. I enjoyed the comfort the setting and inner life of Jen provided, although hoped for more of a thrill with the side story of missing kids Michael and Caitlin… and her dad - of course i understand it wasn’t made to be a thriller but i totally longed for some more depth into those storyline’s anyway. overall a comfortable read and some really beautiful lines written throughout that still made me reflect and ponder the beauties and hardships of life in my own right :) 
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

awww i loved this so much
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

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funny hopeful lighthearted
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

<3 holly is such a character and this just made me appreciate how freaking well audrey hit the nail on the head with that role agh <3