amandas_bookshelf's Reviews (888)

Someone Like Us

Dinaw Mengestu

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It's a dense read, so my reading journey was slow. I wasn't able to complete this before my digital ARC expired. I'll return to this novel in the future.

Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol

Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

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I switched to a print edition!

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

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Had a hard time engaging with the audiobook edition, will pause for now but try again in the future with a print edition.

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia

Strange Folk

Alli Dyer

3.0

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

David Talbot

DID NOT FINISH: 46%

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Library hold had to be returned and couldn't be renewed, I may or may not get back to this book again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Antisemitism, War, Classism

The Guncle Abroad

Steven Rowley

3.25

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Infertility

The Untelling

Tayari Jones

3.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Antisemitism, Abortion