ellieeeeeee's reviews
238 reviews

Bimboland by Erin Taylor

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dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

related a lot to a lot of these poems

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan

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emotional fast-paced

3.75

it would have been a great book if not for the incest tbh like genuinely why

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Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems by Anastacia-Renee

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fast-paced

4.25

beautiful poetry
my favorite quote was from a side note: "history isn't something you look back at and say it was inevitable; it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities."

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

fuck man what the fuck truly heartbreaking

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An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.25

loved the prose, i highlighted a lot of the book
i love the concept of finding the self before uniting with the partner and i did like the characters but there were bits and pieces of clear gender roles that frustrated me and pulled me out of the story.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this was a very unique and interesting book i just really hated junie and i get that that's the point but i couldn't get past how horrible of a person she was to really enjoy the plot

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

beautiful writing

The Sons by Franz Kafka

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emotional fast-paced

4.25

related so much to his letter to his father my goddddd

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

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