monarchbooks's Reviews (547)

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

Isabel Quintero

5.0

emotional funny 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

I laughed. I cried. I wanted to throw up. All the signs of a good book.

Nurse Matilda

Christianna Brand

4.0

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am so utterly confused

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took the Really Long Nap

Wendy Mass

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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: Yes

This book was so good that I wanted to vomit. Never would have predicted that ending.

Beauty and the Beast: The Only One Who Didn't Run Away

Wendy Mass

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Dylan

Lisi Harrison

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tastes Like Shakkar

Nisha Sharma

5.0

emotional funny 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: Yes

Ooh I loved this book and maybe I'm stupid but I didn't even guess who the shaadi saboteur was

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

3.5

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I just feel like there were so many questions left unanswered

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