esai's Reviews (240)

He Who Drowned the World: A Novel by Shelley Parker-Chan

He Who Drowned the World: A Novel

Shelley Parker-Chan

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

4.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Susan Cain

4.0
challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

Your Driver Is Waiting

Priya Guns

3.25
dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

3.75
challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Ken Liu

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

4.5
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks

Suki, Alone

Faith Erin Hicks

4.0
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy by Faith Erin Hicks

Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy

Faith Erin Hicks

3.75
adventurous funny 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