dzejncrvena's Reviews (512)

The Secret Cove in Croatia

Julie Caplin

4.0

inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I chose to read this for its title.
This is my first read about Croatia.
It's part of my 2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge: a book set in a country that starts in letter "C".
Aside from that, I'm very interested to learn about the culture and scenery about the country.
I had low expectations about the story since I'm not a big fan of romance.
However, I enjoyed reading about spending vacation in the coast of Croatia; it feels like I'm there.
Coincidentally, my SO was also in one of the places in the story while I was reading about it.
Overall, it's a relaxing read.

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I thought it's a long book.
Didn't notice they include the original book so it became tedious to read at first.

Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up / Spark Joy

Marie Kondo

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

The Silver Collar

Kate Policani

1.0

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The most cliche of all cliche.
I just read this for 2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge: a book with "gold", "silver" or "bronze" in the title.
Thankfully, it's very short.

Go Ask Alice

Beatrice Sparks

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Will Grayson, Will Grayson: Bookpack Small Case

John Green, David Levithan

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One of my best reads in 2020!

Writing this at the end of the year:
I initially selected this one for 2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge: a book with great first line.
It's also set in a city that hosted the Olympics: Barcelona.
This book provoked deep feelings in me: it made me worry, it made me laugh, it made me happy, and it made me very heartbroken.
One of the books I keep on recommending this year.
Will read the sequels!

The Idiot

Elif Batuman

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher

2.0

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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