_toristorytime's Reviews (205)

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 3

Mokumokuren

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was the first book I started and finished in one sitting in years! I know it’s short, but that’s not something I typically do. I’m really devouring this manga and the themes it explores. I also have to read it outside, because it’s set in a rural Japanese town in the summertime and the manga captures that perfectly! Can’t wait to get volume 4.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Vomit

Siren's Call

Jessica Cage

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2

Mokumokuren

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

4.75

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

Johann Hari

3.75

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1

Mokumokuren

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

Sharon Malone

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

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I read this for work and didn’t have enough time to finish it before the author interview. I really enjoyed what I did read though!

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon

4.0

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Who's Afraid of Gender?

Judith Butler

4.0

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

Emily Lynn Paulson

3.75

emotional informative reflective medium-paced