alexjaylore's Reviews (89)

All the White Spaces

Ally Wilkes

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao

5.0

dark emotional tense fast-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

The First Bright Thing

J.R. Dawson

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Black Bird, Blue Road

Sofiya Pasternack

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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: Complicated

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

3.5

Cosmoknights: Book Two

Hannah Templer

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Pageboy

Elliot Page

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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To a trans guy who realized he was a guy right around the time Elliot did, this book meant so much. To a trans guy who also dealt with self-harm, eating disorders, and a complicated relationship with his parents, this book meant so much. Definitely pick this up. 

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

S.A. Chakraborty

4.5

Cosmoknights: Book One

Hannah Templer

5.0

The Genesis of Misery

Neon Yang

4.0