Category: Solo Reading
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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)
Onyx Storm is a filler-heavy, poorly edited mess: repetitive, immature, and obsessed with status quo. Sex scenes feel forced, world-building is shallow, and characters lack depth. A disappointing cash-grab. 2/10
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train is a bleak, slow-paced mystery with unlikeable characters, minimal growth, and a predictable ending, 6/10.
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The Housemaid (The Housemaid #1)
Despite predictable, heavy-handed twists, brisk pacing and nuanced characters make The Housemaid an engaging read. 7/10
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Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree
Funny but lore-light Elden Ring manga with rare trope restraint; starts rough, improves later, but slow releases hurt. 6.5/10
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Strange Houses
Creepy moments aside, Strange Houses leans on absurd logic, flat characters, and clunky style—never awful, just underwhelming. 3.5/10.
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Strange Pictures
A brisk, Japanese mystery that starts strong with eerie visuals but loses steam. Still a fun, quick read—just don’t expect Poirot-level twists.
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I Shall Never Fall In Love
LGBT book club pick had good intentions but fell short. Predictable plot, similar characters, and forced conflicts made it boring. Some progressive themes felt lazy. Not terrible, but not great either. 4/10.
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Mickey7 (Mickey 7 #1)
Mickey7 wastes a promising premise with derivative sci-fi, poor world-building, flat characters and major plot holes. Disappointing. 3/10
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Night (The Night Trilogy #1)
Night by Elie Wiesel is an essential harrowing tale of survival and lost humanity among the Holocaust’s horrors. 10/10
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)
Iron Flame disappoints with poor world-building, immature characters, and predictable plot. It’s peak YA trash with dragons but it’s very entertaining. 6/10