Reviews by thearcticcircle

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thearcticcircle

Happy Place

Emily Henry

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

Can't tell if I really loved it that much or Julia Whelan's narration gaslit me into thinking I did. Maybe I have become an Emily Henry girlie after all.

Probably the first time I've genuinely liked an Eloisa James book?

Still has a lot of the same problems I had with her other books I've read. Dialogue and pacing is weird (I have such whiplash with the way these characters speak), felt too anticlimactic, over the top without any real comedic levity, etc. But I did enjoy myself! Just not enough for any more stars.

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective

Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells

4.0

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

4.0

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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: Yes

this was so cute and cozy. can I claim Dex and Mosscap as ADHD representation

How to End a Love Story

Yulin Kuang

4.25

emotional hopeful sad

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 feel like there are three really great separate books here that never quite came together as a full package for me. Still, I really did enjoy a lot of it, and the two narrators are really strong.