monarchbooks's Reviews (547)

Beach Read

Emily Henry

5.0

Happy Place

Emily Henry

5.0

Book Lovers

Emily Henry

5.0

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

4.0

emotional tense

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

It started pretty slow but when the ploy started moving, it was good

Inkspell

Cornelia Funke

3.75

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

My poor Eleanor

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval

4.5

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If the goal was to make me want to throw up, 5 stars. If not, 4. So we settle in the middle.

Seventeenth Summer

Maureen Daly

3.0

lighthearted 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: Yes

Very boring to get through

4.0

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a pretty decent book. A bit episodic and I feel like Stuff didn't evolve a lot bc he didn't make a ton of mistakes on his own and rarely suffered consequences that actually fit his actions

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