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313 reviews

Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation by Camonghne Felix

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

4.0

god i just adore this series. its strange because there are parts that the logic half of my brain might critique (and certainly it might sometimes feel like there are “too many” books in the series) but they just have so much heart and every single installment makes me sob. you can absolutely tell that kawaguchi has a background in playwriting because the whole series reads like a beautiful play. i’m EMOTIONAL. 

The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder

hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.

Some part of me feels guilty for DNF'ing this (especially considering I received it as a gift), but I just...could not care less about it. The writing is bland and uninspired, the world-building is lacking, and the whole thing just feels juvenile. The character motivations never made sense, and it seemed like the book was going so far out of its way to avoid any semblance of tension in any of the relationships. 

I'm not opposed to reading other Rebecca Ross works (I've heard SUCH good things about her), but truly this one is just not for me :(

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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

4.5

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

emotional 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

3.0