nitroglycerin's Reviews (952)

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution

Sarah Langford

5.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Night Swimmers

Roisin Maguire

4.75

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

Before Your Memory Fades

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.5

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

On the Red Hill: Where Four Lives Fell into Place

Mike Parker

4.75

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Nature Tales for Winter Nights

Nancy Campbell

4.25

reflective relaxing slow-paced

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A collection of short stories to bring you joy in the mid-winter. As with all collections, some stories are stronger than others, however the overall quality is high. I think I only skipped through one particularly dense tale.

Nipponia Nippon

Kazushige Abe

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The ending? What even happened.

Honestly I quite enjoyed this all the way until the final reveal. Following MCs decent into madness and obsession was, perhaps not enjoyable, but gripping. But then the ending lost me. It was like reading the Dark Tower finale again (IYKYK).