king_lefay's Reviews (252)

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

4.5

emotional mysterious tense 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: No

The Wolf and the Woodsman

Ava Reid

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Parts of this book I LOVED: the setting! Beautifully written descriptions of wintery forests and the monsters within them. Also loved the parts where mythology and lore were explained. Would love a whole collection of fairy tales written by this author. Where I felt a little let down, though, were character relationships and motivations. There were things that seemed to be set up for something really great in the finale, but never really came to any sort of conclusion which was disappointing (and I don't believe this is getting a sequel so it's not like they were left open or unfinished to be addressed later on). Definitely want to read more by this author as this was still a great debut, and will probably reread this one in the future as well.

Dead Collections

Isaac Fellman

4.0

emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-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 Middle Ages: A Graphic History

Eleanor Janega

4.0

funny informative reflective medium-paced

Mooncakes

Suzanne Walker

4.25

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

The Monster of Elendhaven

Jennifer Giesbrecht

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A grim, grimy little story set in a gloomy portside city that seems to only produce monsters, and how said monsters go about taking revenge. A perfected style that is rich and atmospheric throughout. A new favourite!