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Forbidden City

James Ponti

4.75

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was actually so good. I'm shook. And I'm peeved beyond get out that the libraries have lowered our hold limits so fiercely that I can't get any more of them. Just like every series, I am officially going out of order.

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

2.5

adventurous mysterious tense 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

I really didn’t like this one. Wish it wasn’t in first person. Could have been edited down maybe? Needed more twists/plot. Relied too heavily on few stressors to build tension and raise stakes that I was screaming at my phone. Some plot points straight up dumb

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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: No

The Holiday Swap

Maggie Knox

1.5

lighthearted 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 took me 11 months to read. If you're looking for a sweet little hallmark movie with lots of baking details this might be for you. But it's about twin sisters who trade lives for a week and have stupid things go wrong and bad dialogue and cheesy characters. This was basically a DNF and then the holiday book I tried this year was so bad I went back to this one.