chaidoo's reviews
85 reviews

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

Go to review page

adventurous informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

“You have to understand . . . If you knew the effect you had on me, how often I think about you, the things I would do for you . . . I wouldn’t stand a chance against you ever again. You would have taken everything from me,” he goes on in a rush, like the words are burning him from within, like he has to get it out before the pain becomes overwhelming. “Not just a debating championship or some points for a test or a fancy award or a spot in a competition—but my whole heart. My pride. God, my sanity. It would be all over. You would annihilate me.”

Page 223-227

“It’s us, Sadie,” he says, like that’s answer enough. “When have we been bad at anything?”

For ten years I thought I was preparing to destroy you, when really I was preparing to love you.

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

The Drowning Faith by R.F. Kuang

Go to review page

sad fast-paced

4.75

Rin or the Hesperians. Rin or military aid. Rin or victory. Only now has Nezha come to accept this. There is no future where Rin and the Republic coexist, because everything about her is antithetical to what they are trying to accomplish. There’s no space for Rin in the world they’re trying to build, and the unavoidable truth of this kills him.
He loves her.
Of this he’s certain.
He loves her laugh; that sharp, sudden sound; the cynical laugh that always comes too quick, like it’s ripped out of her. He loves her quick, confident grin. He loves her resilience, her bravery, even her impulsiveness.
She’s everything he’s not: unbound, reckless, free. He’s never known anyone like her.
She terrifies him, and he loves her so much it hurts.

He can’t take his eyes off of her. She’s the most magnificent thing he’s ever seen.

She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

Go to review page