absinthe's Reviews (391)

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Molding a Jurassic Universe

Steven Ray Morris

3.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Jaws

Peter Benchley

2.0

adventurous emotional informative tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Cujo

Stephen King

4.0

dark hopeful tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There is a perspective change that didn't translate well in the audio book format - it was unclear that the perspective had changed and took me a long time and a few restarts of the section to reorient myself within the story.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

3.5

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

The Andromeda Evolution

Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Andromeda Strain

Michael Crichton

4.25

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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