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17 reviews

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Addiction, Gaslighting, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Bullying, and Alcohol

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Grief, Infertility, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Captivating and incredibly well written, so far I’ve loved everything from Natalie Haynes ! 
I’m very familiar with Greek mythology so the plot was not a surprise for me but I truly did not expect that ending, I can’t stop thinking about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny

The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A fun read ! The story starts a bit slow but picks up around a third of the book I would say. 
I was really invested in both timelines and almost every storyline, the characters can be a bit flat sometimes but I loved their dynamic. The only I didn’t really like is Jay for some reason, but I could relate a lot to Nina. 
A bit too much surfing for my taste though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Mental illness, Infidelity, Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

I don’t know how to feel about this book. It felt like I was reading fanfiction somehow, I caught myself rolling my eyes a couple of times. I really liked the format however, it added a bit of tension and suspense. 
I couldn’t get attached to the main characters and found myself caring more about the side characters. 
It was a nice beach read, lighthearted and entertaining but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I was kind of disappointed, it’s nothing revolutionary if you’ve been reading about feminism fo a while, but it would be a good introduction to someone who hasn’t. It’s not bad but very « basic ». 
Very little about intersectionality. 

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0