madgerdes's Reviews (970)

A Snake Falls To Earth

Darcie Little Badger

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: No

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

4.25

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Becky Chambers

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Trust

Hernan Diaz

5.0

challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Yes

A History of Kindness

Linda Hogan

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Funny You Should Ask

Elissa Sussman

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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 Crossing Places

Elly Griffiths

2.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was so randomly fatphobic? I picked it up because I wanted to pass the time with an easy mystery and honestly I only finished it because I was stubborn. It felt like every few pages the author was reminding us that the protagonist, Ruth, was “overweight” or “fat” by her standards. She goes out of her way to write multiple times that Ruth is 175 lbs??? It pulled me out of the story so many times, there was one moment where Ruth gets in a police car and literally thinks to herself about how she always feels fat in cars. It never had anything to do with the story! Also some weird xenophobia going on. All and all I do not recommend this book and will never read another book by this author again. I only finished it because I like to be well informed in my hatred of books!