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454 reviews
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, and Deportation
Minor: Torture
Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
I love a good fluffy queer romcom, but the writing is bad—really sharp transitions, awkward dialogue, and swaths of prose focused on unnecessary and frankly boring details? It was really clunky prose atop an unbelievable conceipt.
The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made by Ben Rhodes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
The narrative seemed especially self-serving, which could have grounded the narrative in a more human, individualized context, but it was a pretty big turnoff.
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Okay but book 2 was leagues better than book 1 lol wow what a pivot. Reading this is scarfing down a whole box of fantasy sugar cookie content.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and War
Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Transphobia and Outing
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
…Y’ALL. Are you kidding me?!
It’s Beauty & the Beast fanfiction with a torture kink what even… The sentences are real clumsy, to say the least. Who edited this?!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Blood, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gore
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5