charlottesometimes's Reviews (3.33k)

Vampire

Richie Tankersley Cusick

2.25

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: No

If every single man around me was a potential murderer who I suspected of stalking me, I would probably not keep hanging around trying to decide which one of them I should date. I would also rule my uncle out of the running for a future romantic relationship right away, even before he drugged me. However Darcy is a wet rag of a girl who spends the book alternately crying hysterically and being disbelieved by the men and lying around comatose waiting to be rescued by them. There is also a second girl, but unlike Darcy, a Good Girl who looks forward to cleaning up for the boys, she is a Bad Girl who tries to destroy men by being mean to them. Lest you think I exaggerate, here is a quote:
“Girls like that just take and take and nothing’s ever enough. They get their kicks from trying to manipulate guys…from humiliating them.”
Meanwhile a man is literally murdering multiple unnamed girls. But let’s focus on the important thing: boys’s egos and the harm women do to them 🙄

Trust

Hernan Diaz

4.25

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Elatsoe

Darcie Little Badger

3.0

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

1.75

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Trees

Percival Everett

3.75

challenging dark funny medium-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

Treacle Walker

Alan Garner

2.75

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Locked in Time

Lois Duncan

2.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

At one point, quite near the beginning, a character laments that it’s hard to afford home help these days, since they abolished slavery. There are no follow-up remarks or questions from the many witnesses to this statement. Make of that what you will…