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38 reviews

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Your standard romance book, with very cheesy undertones and daily predictive. However, this book is very light hearted and fun, which is great if you want a easy romance book! 
The Power by Naomi Alderman

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

what I really enjoyed is the last ten pages. Where we find the handmaids tale is considered through an academic lens. Doubts of authenticity and desire to pinpoint  no where offred came from was very interesting!
 
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
Very slow
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales by Philip Wilson, Philip Pullman

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
I found the stories too short and boring. Although they were slight adaptations of grimms myths and legends I found it disengaging and no clear moral of the story. However I did like how Pullman gave the myth and legend fairy tale type and brief explanation at the end of each story 
Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima

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emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved how they mirrored the fathers in laws intentions and actions within the main character 
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book came highly recommended but was very esoteric. I found that some sections we’re ment for direct quotes to make you ponder but other than that it was ok. 
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! Although, in my opinion, this book is not a good as Circe, miller was able to create a tense and heart wrenching ending of achillies death. Although I new vague aspects of the war of Troy. I was particularly stunned and ingrossed in her twist ending, this story beeing told by his dead lovers soul. Moreover I could hear the brokenness of achillies soul and anguish as agemenomn inferred him to get on with it
 
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Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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adventurous informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This story was based on almnazo, wilders future husband life as a middle class farmer in New York. I’ve given this book 3 stars as the pacing was slightly laborious, with I beleive; too much emphasis placed on the description and process of every farmer product created or needed on the farm. As a result this book took a Tolkien-esque writing method that was beneficial for imformation dissemination but unfortunately dulled the vibrancy of the story.

However as this story  is geared towards children, is encourgaes children to understand the privilege and convience based world we currently live in. Furthermore it forces children to understand and comprehend the values and requirements to be a middle class farmer during the pioneer/Coloniser times. 


Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Better than the first book. And it is interesting to see how colonialist saw native Americans during there expansion out west. However you can tell this book was written in a less socially aware era, and I would have appreciated that
the history of colonialism was spoken of more candidly, and clarified the plight of native Americans during that time. As ingalls wilder added modern context of clarifition of what a specific disease was (malaria) but she did not do the same for the trail of tears and forced resettlement of native Americans/indigenous people across turtle island