headinthepages's Reviews (834)

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Enjoyable but not my favourite of hers. I don’t feel like it flowed as well as it could have, and the balance between Alice’s story and Margaret’s/the interviews was a bit off for me.



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Book Boyfriend

Lucy Vine

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

Didn’t like the writing and v annoying characters 
dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

To no-ones surprise, I loved this. Pitch perfect contemporary fiction with a stomach-swooping love story. The characters are delicious and real and the storyline is engrossing, entertaining and multi-faceted.

I love Bel and would like to be her friend please. Connor is a (not so) stoic dream and Shilpa is someone I’d love to bump into in the women’s loos and chat to for an hour, becoming immediate best friends. 

Imo reading a Mhairi book is akin to sinking into a warm bath: it’s a safe and comfortable place to be. Don’t mistake that metaphor for a book that never touches on the uncomfortable & real though. Mhairi really knows how to weave a story of hope & love with very real observations of the often scary & misogynistic world we live in. 

As always, I couldn’t stop reading but I’m bereft it’s over and am immediately looking for the next instalment of McFarlane cleverness & joy!

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Slow Burn Summer: A Novel

Josie Silver

DID NOT FINISH: 64%

Stopped caring lol 
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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Riders

Jilly Cooper

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Way too long & slow and annoying 

Sword Catcher

Cassandra Clare

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Lost interest

Long Live Evil

Sarah Rees Brennan

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

I get the premise but why do characters have 2 names? It felt really rushed and messy at even a few pages in. V chaotic world building (for me)
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

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