reubenalbatross's Reviews (521)

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pretty standard YA. I enjoyed the concept, but wish it was a bit more difficult to figure everything out. Found it very predictable. 

And why did there need to be multiple love triangles?


Nice, quick read though.
adventurous funny lighthearted 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

Still hits, even after maybe my 5th re-read
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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: No

Really loved this one.

Appreciated the parallels about racism, thought it added extra weight to the novel. And I thought it had a strong ending.

Also really liked the way Pippa's disability was addressed/not addressed. Was a really nice way to show Pippa was so much more than her physical circumstances.
dark relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A book full of annoying and nasty characters, with almost no redeeming qualities. Sometimes I like unlikeable main characters, but not in this case.

I was also so confused for a lot of the book - mainly due to there being two generations with the same names, and everyone being related. 

And cousin on cousin romance rubs me the wrong way. Didn't see this as a romantic book in any sense.

I did enjoy the writing style though, so that's one positive. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

Ugh - just yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: No

Loved it - ending veered on being too cheesy, but just managed to save itself 
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

A really freaky and interesting book - great commentary on the meat industry as it stands today 
emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Not mind blowing (comes with the territory), but a lovely read