amandas_bookshelf's Reviews (888)

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.25

informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Blood

The Nature of Disappearing

Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.0

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

No Road Home

John Fram

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Kidnapping

Minor: Antisemitism, Pregnancy

Catalina

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Trafficking

One of Our Kind

Nicola Yoon

3.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was fine. The line between homage and carbon copy is VERY fine, so I was rather underwhelmed.

The Perfect Sister

Stephanie DeCarolis

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

4.5

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought this was Riley Sager's best novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

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Needed to pause for now, will return to finish in the future.

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization