sammiseah's reviews
259 reviews

The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team by Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller

informative medium-paced

3.5

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Will of the Many by James Islington

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

Surprisingly good???
I was expecting to hate it more (given how cliched many tropes feel) but oooof that went to places that I didn’t expect!

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Very complex but really one of the best spy novels I have ever read.

What Mad Pursuit by Francis Crick

informative slow-paced

3.5

I am impressed by how confident (even arrogant) some scientists can be.

The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Of Ants and Dinosaurs by Cixin Liu

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0