kathryn_is_reading's Reviews (51)

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

4.0

funny hopeful informative lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Last Thing He Told Me

Laura Dave

3.75

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Haunting of Brynn Wilder

Wendy Webb

2.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

3.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Woman in the Attic

Emily Hepditch

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Happy Place

Emily Henry

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

The Crash

Freida McFadden

3.5

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Woman in the Lake

Nicola Cornick

2.25

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Okay, this book should’ve had a different title. The woman in the lake??? THE WOMAN IN THE LAKE??

There was like, one reference to the mother who was murdered in the millpond (which I wouldn’t even consider to be a lake) and like, her character wasn’t built up enough for us to want to care about her. I was seriously expecting either Constance or Isabella or Fenella to literally be the woman in the lake. This book should’ve been called “The Golden Gown” or “The Moonraker” or something else. Anything else. Also, Jake tying Fen up and being ridiculously cruel and faking his death was really out of line and didn’t make sense. It was a quick way to wrap things up but it was so preposterous.

There were a lot of things in this book that were preposterous and could’ve been handled better. But I’m a sucker for gothic historical fiction so 2.25/5⭐️

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