nila's reviews
486 reviews

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I wanted to read more from Sri Lankan authors AND read more books outside my comfort zone, so I picked this up knowing it was heavy on the introspection (is that a word?). The 2/3 of this book flew by, and I absolutely loved it. The secondary characters were so great I didn't even think of how it's all in the main character's head. However, in the last third, the main character is by themselves and the pace slowed down too much for me, and I sadly lost interest.

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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

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challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

This book is A LOT. It was so interesting to listen to a clearly well-researched collection of data, and the the language, in my opinion, was accessible. It's quite repetitive in parts, and while that's understandable as many of the topics he highlight naturally cross over, but in the end I felt too overwhelmed (probably the purpose of it) and I struggled to keep track of the audiobook the last two hours. I might revisit this again, and take it even slower than I did, so I can take time to fully grasp everything

Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I gathered from the previous three books that the burn would be slow, but my god... I think the previous was more sizzling, this has more of a middle-book syndrome to it. I still enjoyed Persephone's character development!

Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification by Aaron Reynolds

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

Funny concept. I think the book was just a little too long so, for me, it got a bit old. But then, I don't think this is supposed to be consumes in one sitting either

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced