viscountess_black's Reviews (427)

The Awakening: As Told by the Boys

Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Almendra

Won-pyung Sohn

5.0

challenging reflective sad tense 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

The Witch's Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power

Storm Faerywolf

4.0

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Whilst reading this book, I noticed how much I do NOT know yet about witchcraft. How much is involved in choosing the magical name, to primarily, feel comfortable with it and secondly, to draw the power and confidence that this name may give us while following this path.
I'm glad I read it, because even if I had already chosen a name, it still didn't feel "right", and reading this book helped me realize why I was picking that name in particular and to feel most of all, really sure that yes, the name I chose represents me.

Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth

Benebell Wen

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

Way too long. Super interesting and I may go back to it some time it the future but not right now.

Seth on the Moon

Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

3.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Just Seth fucking the moon and thinking dirty of Caleb, what else is new?

Ps: I was laughing my head off while reading and I don't regret it.

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.5

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

Flowers in the Attic

V.C. Andrews

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'd been curious about this book for some years because I knew just a little but I didn't dare myself to read it.
Still, I got curious one more time thanks to one of my friends in here who began to read this book a few days ago and thought: Why not?

Well, it was a really good decision. I did cry and suffer and ponder a lot of things. It was a wild journey.

Very well written and easy to comprehend, I dare to say that I liked it and I'm looking forward to read the rest of the Dollenganger series.

SPOILER:

I'm really looking forward to see some kind of revenge from the eldest siblings but more than that, I want to know how they fared after those years hidden and forgotten in some old manor in which they learned the hard way that parental love isn't universal. That parents (specially, mother's) aren't always loving and caring, that there are bad people in the world and some of them are part of our family.

I do recommend this book but I have to say that you should try to be open minded, try not to get influenced by the incest propaganda, but to see what's being told.