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World Of Warcraft: V. 2 by Jon Landry, Jerome K. Moore, Walt Simonson

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

World of Warcraft Vol. 1 SC by Walt Simonson

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Just Kids by Patti Smith

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.0

I'm not typically a non-fiction reader and thus book kind of reminded me of why. I think the fact that the content itself doesn't appeal didn't help either. I just found it boring and a lack of background to Patti Smith made it hard to follow. The relationship between Patti and Robert was quite heartwarming. 
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

Not to my taste at all. I really hated all of the weird depictions of Toru's sex life. Just gross and uncomfortable. Also, the obsession with Naoko's body and the constant sexualization of this character was just so misogynistic and creepy. I felt so disconnected from the main character that I could not enjoy any of the pros. A fairly unpleasant read. 
Immortal by Nicole Conway

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

In truth this review is being written a while after I read this book so it isn't an accurate reflection of my opinion. Although I will say the fact that I have so little to say about it only a few months later points to how underwhelming a read it was. I genuinely can't remember a single thing about this book. 
Traitor by Nicole Conway

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

2.5

This book was paced a little weirdly, the first half felt quite superfluous and it really didn't further the story. The second half was at least plot relevant but still felt unnecessarily long.

Again, the main character made stupid choices so that the author could ham-handedly force information on us. Like what the actual f*ck was that battle scene? 

Jaevid literally did no fighting. Unless you consider transfiguration of a giant pig combat? The scene was awkward, hard to follow and boring. The torture scenes were unnecessary and accomplished what exactly? The final revelation of Jaevid's powers was pretty underwhelming and to include a THIRD training arc just to provide a protagonist that is still unprepared is wild.


Avian by Nicole Conway

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I wasn't a fan of how dumb Jae was in this book. His refusal to address the dreams was infuriating and the fact that he had to be told by Felix that Jace was grooming him to be his wingend was  just bizzare. The author really did do more telling than showing and her writing can be a tad, indelicate. 

Jae and Becka's lovestory is also a bit strange; weird choice to put a 17 year old in a 20+ year old body and have his love interest be 16. Jae's antiquated view to female dragon riders is also frustrating considering the fact that he himself would have been left out of the school based on bigotry. 

Overall still a good book though and the final revelation did have me "shocked Pikachu face". 
Fledgling by Nicole Conway

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adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Such a fun YA read. No sex, no gratuitous violence in an attempt to seem angsty and edgy. Nothing ground-breaking; just a magical world, with an interesting plot and a character we can root for. 
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Meh. The author read Divergent and was like: "This needs dragons!" 
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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adventurous reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The book was so boring and so slow paced but the last three chapters or so had me on tenterhooks. I was so thrilling and stressful to read the end and yeah, Ralph's cry at the end was incredibly impactful but damn, the rest of the book was so meh. Lovely symbolism and commentary though.