castella_and_novellas's Reviews (480)

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

The Maid

Nita Prose

2.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I Think I Am in Friend-Love with You

Yumi Sakugawa

3.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Department of Mind-Blowing Theories

Tom Gauld

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Baby Bear's Bakery, Volume 1

Kamentotsu

5.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

The Very Nice Box

Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective 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: Yes

Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

Daniel Dockery

4.0

informative lighthearted fast-paced

The Cat Who Saved Books

Sōsuke Natsukawa

4.5

inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It Starts with Us

Colleen Hoover

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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: No

Beartown

Fredrik Backman

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

I love Fredrik Backman- but for the life of me this book bores me. I’ve started it time and time again and can’t get into it.

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