alexisclare's reviews
73 reviews

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

simply put: girlhood.

Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia

3.25

it takes a lot of work to make soulmates who can hear each other’s thoughts boring but by god these women did it

this book really has no criminal offenses other than being way too long. ethan x lena 4ever

AFTER THE FLOOD by Kassandra Montag

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

the problem is, more than just being an “unlikable” narrator, she is hardly even an interesting narrator. mean, cold women i can deal with (and i will write sonnets to). myra just doesn’t have enough depth for me.

Artemis by Andy Weir

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4.5

ok this started slow but by the end i was literally sobbing bc LOVE IS THE REASON FOR EVERYTHING!!!!

Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

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5.0

i can’t even fully talk about it yet.
anna marie tendler i love you so much

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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

4.5

“He is very far from me. He is with me, but he is very far away. And now he always will be.”

if you have or had a black dad in prison my best advice is to just skip this one

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.

my library hold ran out on this before i could finish this.
The universe is telling me not to read this and i must oblige

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

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slow-paced