esai's Reviews (240)

Three Assassins

Kōtarō Isaka

4.0

challenging dark funny tense fast-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

If Found, Return to Hell

Em X. Liu

3.75

dark emotional funny mysterious 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 Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions

Rolf Dobelli

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

Keeps quoting Taleb so often that I might as well just read his work.

Ironic that a book about cognitive errors would be laden with prejudiced statements, too.

Malice

Keigo Higashino

3.75

challenging dark 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

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.25

emotional funny relaxing 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

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

Third Class Superhero

Charles Yu

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

I'm Afraid of Men

Vivek Shraya

5.0

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

The Sense of Wonder

Matthew Salesses

3.75

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse

Maya Phillips

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

The author and I share many interests - but shared interests aren’t enough to encourage me to continue reading. There was just something about the prose that felt dispassionate and didn’t resonate me. Not that I doubt her identity as a fan, I just can’t personally feel her enthusiasm conveyed to me through the writing.

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