Reviews by Category: Fiction

Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra is about a girl named Charlie Thorne who

just turned 13. She is on the run because she has the world's most valuable piece of

information memorized. A treasure from Cleopatra has Charlie on the hunt. She will face many

challenges and come in possession of many historical artifacts. I enjoyed this story because it

shows a strong female main character. Charlie is strong willed and always wants to do the right

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks is about a boy named Teddy Fitzroy who lives at a zoo called

FunJungle. One day, when a T. rex skull goes missing, Teddy must enlist help from his friend

Summer McCracken to catch the fossil thief. To complicate things further, the school bullies,

Tim and Jim, have adopted exotic pets that will cause distress if Teddy doesn’t figure out

something to do with them. I really enjoyed this book because it has lots of twists and turns that

Go Ask Alice is the diary of a young drug addict. Our narrator’s life transformed from an

idyllic all-American coming of age story to a life filled with vice. It starts when she goes to a party

and ends up drinking an LSD-laced soda, and is drawn into a life of parties, dubious dealers,

and toxic relationships. Though she is supported by friends and family, she can’t seem to drag

herself out of the addiction she has fallen into, and eventually her life ends from a suspected

Elizabeth “Biz” Martin Grey seems to have everything in control. She has her mother,

she has the twins, Billie and Dart, she has Grace, and she has her father, who tells her stories

about her as a child. But, Biz knows that her father died when she was seven. Still, she seems to

have everything in perfect shape. That is, until she almost drowns in the ocean, and a new boy

named Jasper jumps in to save her. Biz is grateful, until she realizes that he ignores all the time

1984, an iconic dystopian novel by George Orwell wastes little time with pleasantries;

something is off with this world from the brilliant first line: “It was a bright cold day in April,

and the clocks were striking thirteen” (Orwell 1). Protagonist Winston Smith works for the

oppressive Oceanic government; he mulls over past news and texts to alter the past in order to fit

the desires of the government. As the novel progresses, he grows wary of the government’s

At the time I read this book, it was one of those times where this is exactly what I needed to

read. Going through the story of Esther’s intense breakdown and insanity in a way that becomes

so rational and real, to her as a character and to me as a reader. It follows her dark feelings as

well as the brighter ones of her psyche. I was so drawn to this book, having finished it in about 3

days. I’ve never been into classics but I was pleasantly surprised with how this one was written,

Everyone knows Daisy Jones and The Six- the greatest band in the 70s. With the beautiful

enigma Daisy Jones and the mysterious heart-throb Billy Dunne and their band-mates, their

glorious life filled with fame, drugs, love, and attention was picture-perfect. Except, the band

broke up in the middle of their glory after just one album and no one knows why. This book tells

the real and ugly truth as to why the greatest band alive broke up and how maybe things aren't

The second series in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse, Six of Crows is a huge improvement from her

debut works. 

Orbiting Jupiter follows Jack, who has gotten a new older foster brother by

the name of Joseph. Jack doesn’t know much about Joseph, except that he doesn’t

like talking or being touched. And that he has a four month old daughter named

Jupiter that he hasn’t seen at all. Jack knows that Joseph is smart, despite most of

his teachers not liking him because of the various forms of rumors involving him

Little Fires Everywhere narrates the story of a small nomadic family, Mia Warren and her

daughter, Pearl Warren, who have just moved to Shaker Heights for a permanent home. Mia, an

artist who sees the world in a different light, meets the Richardsons, a rich family who will do

anything to preserve the planned layout of Shaker Heights. However, soon Pearl befriends the

Richardsons, realizing how much of life that she had been missing out on. Mrs Richardson,