iridescencedeep's reviews
49 reviews

Georges by Alexandre Dumas

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
End date approx

Dropped the class that I was reading it for 🙈
American Pastoral by Philip Roth

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Didn't catch me. But tbf I wasn't in a reading mood at the time. 
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

Cute! V fluffy. 
If you are an actual roboticist, the lack of realism in the couple moments it comes up will probably annoy you. Be warned. 
Trust by Hernán Díaz

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

4.5

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Uses "beautiful" 23 times.

Writing is gorgeous. Murky. There's tension in every conversation. Lots of meaning in the small details, in these people's lives, or maybe Taylor is just imagining it. Sex, sometimes meaningful but mostly otherwise. In another sense, always meaningful, because what else could have meaning. 

^ That's the vibe, with a slightly higher density of five dollar words. 

(personal note: date started is approximate)
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Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

Fun, hits its mark exactly, but not for me. 
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Deeply unsettling, in an impressive way. But not that enjoyable to read. This is just stylistic preference but there were a lot of comma-separated lists used to build atmosphere; didn’t love that at the beginning and was kind of tired of it by the end.
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

4.0

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Thief by Matthew Colville

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75