madgerdes's Reviews (970)

Dayswork

Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

For the first time in my life I may have been convinced to read Moby Dick

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

4.5

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

4.25

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy

Chris Murphy

3.75

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

The House of Hades

Rick Riordan

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Complicated

That ending I’m quaking in my boots!!!!! Rediscovering this series in my late 20s after only reading the OG Percy Jackson books and the first heroes of Olympus book as a kid has been so much fun and I am jumping into the next one immediately :’)

The Son of Neptune

Rick Riordan

adventurous challenging funny hopeful 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: Complicated

The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan

adventurous funny mysterious 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: Complicated

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