sagareads's reviews
171 reviews

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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challenging dark tense
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Most of this book is quite interesting, and I probably would have rated it at least a 4.25 -- but the ending is a considerable letdown. A simplistic solution to the characters' complex problems manifests, and loose ends and consequences go ignored in favor of tying everything up in a nice little bow.
Asunder by Kerstin Hall

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Valor Wings by Sam Subity

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

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

4.0

The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0