theelizabethjoy's Reviews (527)

Two Twisted Crowns

Rachel Gillig

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

Rachel Gillig knocked it out of the park with her sequel to One Dark Window. I did NOT want to stop listening and yet I had to. Absolutely amazing story from an absolutely amazing author and I can't wait to read more from her.

The Farthest Star

Sally Glover

3.75

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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

Godkiller

Hannah Kaner

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

This book exceeded expectations. Great story, interesting plot, unique premise, complicated characters that aren't 2d. Can't wait to read more.

The Future

Naomi Alderman

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In-credible.
I like to think that as a society we could do better than how it happened in the book but I don't think it's possible. I think we are more greedy as a whole and it would take a lot more work to fix the world than what it did in the book.

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Complicated

I am very confused by this book. I'm not exactly sure what happened or why it was recommended as a thriller/crime novel.

Learn the Rules

Leighton Greene

2.5

challenging dark relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It felt very fetish-y, not because it is about the fetish and kink lifestyle but because it felt like it was written as a fetish. It fetishized the gay couple: they were gay, they were kinky, they were fetishists.

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Elevation

Stephen King

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

Elevation was very good. The second story Laurie took me by surprise. It's about a widower who receives a dog and they beginning of their life together. Its fault lies in the fact that it's just a very short story and seems to end rather abruptly.