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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
adventurous
funny
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.5
a super fun and yes adorable read but more tha
The Rules of Arrangement by Anisha Bhatia
slow-paced
3.0
that was the most just fine book like just fine enough not to DNF. i wanted to really like it.
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Come back to this later
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar by Sanjeev Bhaskar
0.25
I got about 10 percent in when he described applicants for the Mrs India pageant as “coming and going like some kind of sushi conveyer belt” when he was a judge during auditions. Ofc right after he mansplained to the founder that beauty pageants are objectifying. look it up in the dictionary before you open your mouth dude
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
slow-paced
2.0
to be clear, go read Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas , that was such a fun read
I’m kinda sad cuz this cute book is
👉🏻In Oregon (personal reasons why I enjoy that)
👉🏻The Peter Pan re write we all want
👉🏻 i loved cemetery Boys and cant wait for the second one
👉🏻 little gender role reversal - so cute when Peter asked Wendy why she was crying and wendy gets to be her own savior!
💖peter is a little older, hot and cute ooolala
👉🏻cool plot and concept
☹️And it’s boring. - it was slow. wendy too way to long to get on board which was realistic but not interesting
☹️ i would have liked it so much more if it was half the length cuz it was an interesting concept
💔Peter is not our trans icon we all need and Aiden Thomas would totally slay
Aiden Thomas clearly has a fondness for contemporary Ya fantasy but for that reason, I am out on this one. The whole magic of peter pan is the world, fun pirates, fairies, mermaids, lets take out the stereotyping of indigenous people. This is just set in the real contemporary world and the magic was zapped out :((
I recommend for ages >15 ish
the other issue with this book is was it YA, was it middle grade, was it a fairy tale. the nostalgia, children's stories, and slow pace made it feel middle grade. The police investigation and light romance and trauma made it feel YA. I think i wanted Peter to be like Rofio, still battling pirates but just old enough to be cute and make me blush.
honestly i would rather watch Hook which is sad le sigh
I DNF'd this book bu marked it as read cuz i wanted to leave a review. i skipped to the end though, that was pretty fun then really bad. on the whole my review is the basically the same as most the the other low ratings.
I’m kinda sad cuz this cute book is
👉🏻In Oregon (personal reasons why I enjoy that)
👉🏻The Peter Pan re write we all want
👉🏻 i loved cemetery Boys and cant wait for the second one
👉🏻 little gender role reversal - so cute when Peter asked Wendy why she was crying and wendy gets to be her own savior!
💖peter is a little older, hot and cute ooolala
👉🏻cool plot and concept
☹️And it’s boring. - it was slow. wendy too way to long to get on board which was realistic but not interesting
☹️ i would have liked it so much more if it was half the length cuz it was an interesting concept
💔Peter is not our trans icon we all need and Aiden Thomas would totally slay
Aiden Thomas clearly has a fondness for contemporary Ya fantasy but for that reason, I am out on this one. The whole magic of peter pan is the world, fun pirates, fairies, mermaids, lets take out the stereotyping of indigenous people. This is just set in the real contemporary world and the magic was zapped out :((
I recommend for ages >15 ish
the other issue with this book is was it YA, was it middle grade, was it a fairy tale. the nostalgia, children's stories, and slow pace made it feel middle grade. The police investigation and light romance and trauma made it feel YA. I think i wanted Peter to be like Rofio, still battling pirates but just old enough to be cute and make me blush.
honestly i would rather watch Hook which is sad le sigh
I DNF'd this book bu marked it as read cuz i wanted to leave a review. i skipped to the end though, that was pretty fun then really bad. on the whole my review is the basically the same as most the the other low ratings.
Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch
challenging
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Interesting topic and a unique novel.
.25 of a star off for forced Herero romance
.25 of a star off for forced Herero romance
All My Mother's Lovers by Ilana Masad
in chapter titled “August 26, 2017. MC is drunk and says some “well intentioned” transphobic things to a trans character. She later apologizes after she’s sober
Explicit and breif domestic abuse in the past, April 2, 1977
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A fun and fast and good read.
I really enjoyed this and recommend it. I was surprised by how much of the book was just Queer Antics though also time for emotion. For something called literary fiction and about the sudden death of a parent, there was a lot of times I laughed out loud and the ending wasn’t so terribly tragic like I expect with literary fiction.
I enjoyed the methods of storytelling, back and forth between past and present. It would make a fun movie. I found all the characters relatable in some way. I was impressed by the fact I didn’t hate the MC. So often MC’s are oblivious or lost in self pity and while this character had both of those things a lot of the time, I was still rooting for her and believe she is trying. Though yes sometimes she annoyed me!
The emotional parallels between the MC and her mother was my favorite part of this book.
This lost .25 for perpetuating ideas of painful penetration for first heterosexual experience for women
I really enjoyed this and recommend it. I was surprised by how much of the book was just Queer Antics though also time for emotion. For something called literary fiction and about the sudden death of a parent, there was a lot of times I laughed out loud and the ending wasn’t so terribly tragic like I expect with literary fiction.
I enjoyed the methods of storytelling, back and forth between past and present. It would make a fun movie. I found all the characters relatable in some way. I was impressed by the fact I didn’t hate the MC. So often MC’s are oblivious or lost in self pity and while this character had both of those things a lot of the time, I was still rooting for her and believe she is trying. Though yes sometimes she annoyed me!
The emotional parallels between the MC and her mother was my favorite part of this book.
This lost .25 for perpetuating ideas of painful penetration for first heterosexual experience for women
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Car accident
Moderate: Transphobia and Lesbophobia
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.
So interesting ! For real
Until the white reader did a Pakistani accent 45% through and this book was not worth cringing through it for sure.
Until the white reader did a Pakistani accent 45% through and this book was not worth cringing through it for sure.