tariana's Reviews (172)

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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: No

So heartwarming! Nick and Charlie are really cute together. Excited for the next volumes.

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dark emotional 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 got really mad at Frances, she was acting like a mad scientist. I just hoped there was more character development, some characters descriptions were unimportant for the story and I saw no reason for existing like mentioning that Frances husband is bissexual and that’s it, it doesn’t make any difference to the story.

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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

One word only: disturbing 😳


But a little bit more…, I don’t know what to make out of it. The story really caught me and made me angry and sad and depressed and made me feel impotent.

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dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

I read the Wikipedia about the book before starting it so I could have an overall idea to the references Dickens did. The book made me hate pretentious rich people even more than I already do. Moreover, I had to hold my tears when Meg decides to go to the river, as that was a real story that happened in England at the time.

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

A must-read for all those suffering some kind of disability. The book clarifies a lot about how lupus affects mind and body of those suffering with the illness, going from the struggles for getting a diagnosis until making peace with herself. She tells about prejudices, loneliness, depression, abandonment, and brings awareness to how we live our lives, emphasizing the need to connect with those who care about us as career, money don’t matter when your body is taking over your life.

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adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Very moving story, a good reminder that wild animals are not pets, and that animals are not at a lower category compared to people,  in fact they are better than us. And it’s human responsibility to keep them safe in their original environment. The book also shows a little bit of how life was in US back in 1920s, with racisms, misogyny, poverty and the illusion of California as the land of honey. The beginning of the audiobook was a little tough for me as the narrator way of speaking and the narrative that keeps jumping back and forth past and present days got me lost in the story. It was o my after reading the first 20% that I was able to start listening again. 
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

No doubt Dickens was one of the greatest authors of English literature, and no doubt David Copperfield was his masterpiece. The book brings up with naturalism discussions about topics, as feminism, classism, under employment, and public policies, that are still relevant today, which demonstrates how ahead of his time Dickens was (or how behind on those topics society still is). 

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emotional inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

So cute 
adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a reread so it was interesting to pay attention to how I felt the first time I read it and now that I am older. In the past I would have given 5 stars but now I am giving only 4. It was good to read but it is not a masterpiece. Eragon is annoying and arrogant, which I totally understand as he is still a teenager, but I do hope he’ll evolve with the next books. I don’t remember much about his behavior on the 2nd and 3rd book and I haven’t read the 4th and 5th yet, morevoer, as this is the first book of the series there was not much character development as it was already expected.
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was a fun reading (even with the tough French vocabulary), I compare it as the suspenseful male version of Judy Leigh books, but there’s not much character development. I am still not sure if I liked or not how the assassin is described. I’ll give some time to reflect about it and update the review when I have an opinion about it.

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