aftereliza's Reviews (946)

The Girl and the Goddess

Nikita Gill

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This collection perfectly encapsulated the different stages of growing up as a woman with a backdrop of the Partition between India and Pakistan. Gill covered sexual assault, school bullies, the caste system, LGBTQ issues and prejudice against immigrants in the UK. It felt like a love story to university life and it made me so nostalgic. I felt the childlike innocence and the awkward teenage period and the section on her coming into her own skin as a woman was so comforting and the perfect conclusion to this story.

Content Warnings

Heartburn

Nora Ephron

2.0

emotional informative sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s a blithering book about affairs in the 70s and 80s. I got stuck in this book for two months and absolutely hated it. Could not bring myself to read it.

In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life

4.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Lily's Boy

SomewheresSword

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring tense slow-paced

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I Hope This Finds You Well

Natalie Sue

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Love of My Afterlife

Kirsty Greenwood

4.75

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Also to start, wasn’t invested in the story for first 10% but then it hooked me and I feel in love with the cast and loved the character development of Delphie.

Hits Different

Lizzie Huxley-Jones, Tasha Ghouri

4.25

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Cassie was very naive at the start, and I don’t normally enjoy reading books about people in their early 20s. I hated that she just accepted this Situationship with a guy in his mid to late 20s because she felt insecure about her disability. While I like her main love interest, it all felt a bit like insta love after a meet cute.

You're The Problem, It's You

Emma R. Alban

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A really sweet story that develops the premise from the first novel into a neat duology. The big plot twist is quite easy to spot ahead of time, and the resolution was much more swift than expected, but I really enjoyed reading it.