copyright1999's Reviews (48)

Stray Dogs

Tony Fleecs

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

These Violent Delights

Chloe Gong

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

4.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

emotional reflective 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

Final Girls

Riley Sager

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

[Full review to be later posted.]
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I create playlists for all novels that I read and find enjoyable; as such, I have created a playlist for The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. Please, feel free to listen to the playlist linked above as you read!

Content Warnings

Lady Death: Between Heaven & Hell — Part IV: “Hell's Harrowing”

Brian Pulido

4.5

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

Eric LaRocca

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“Then again, aren’t those moments we change the most — when we’re uncomfortable?” — p. 38.

A truly, peculiar read that may plague my thoughts for quite some time. I don’t believe there are many words that are available to me in the English language to depict the disgruntlement experienced after reading through the manipulative, gaslighting from Zoe Cross that truly drove Agnes Petrella unhinged.

Don't Call Them Ghosts: The Spirit Children of Fontaine Manse

Kathleen McConnell

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

This book was incredibly slow-paced and I, honestly, forced myself to push forward and read the sad amount of pages [i.e., 51] that I did. Throughout these 51 pages I managed to read of Don’t Call Them Ghosts by Kathleen McConnell, majority of the writing consisted of painstaking, incredible detail of the one setting we’re introduced to. Overall, I do not believe I will partake in McConnell’s writing anywhere in the near future again…

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