abigailcooper's reviews
35 reviews

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

If anyone EVER recommends a book like this to me, I will spit in their food.

I have disliked books before, yes, but this book was almost unbearable. I do not need paragraphs upon paragraphs depicting every little thing the character is doing WITH repetition. I get it. Please. Stop the madness.

If you enjoyed this book, great. Only one question: How.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

i liked it for the most part but WHY do some books insist

on having sexual assault being a catalyst for a storyline?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

“It was enough that the river was a river and the mountain was a mountain and inside of them were mountains too.” 

same vibes as “you can take the person out of appalachia but you can’t take appalachia out of the person.”

i genuinely could not put this book down. it’s so surreal reading and knowing exactly what the author is talking about—the exact places you’ve been a thousand times. 

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

i think im already forgetting his eye color… 

lies they're MINT MINTY MINT

Circe by Madeline Miller

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.5

okay who was gonna warn me that it ended like that?

Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D by Maya Angelou

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked it but I got confused easily. I think it’s just a me problem though.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

literally have a hobbit hole tattoo. i love the hobbit.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I ordered the second book before I was even halfway through with the first. I need more of this universe.