aparizo704's reviews
124 reviews

Barbie: The World Tour by Margot Robbie, Andrew Mukamal

5.0

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Child death

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Slavery

All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A brilliant addition to any bookshelf

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Elizabeth Zott, ever witty and relatable, has joined the league of my favorite fictional characters of all time

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement by

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Colonisation, and Drug use

Bedrock Faith by Eric Charles May

challenging 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

5.0

One brilliant page-turner 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide, Outing, Alcohol, Animal death, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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? No

3.75

A moving story about systemic corporeal and mental imprisonment. Although I found myself with more questions about the Memory Police than answers (“How did they become this?”, “For what purpose do these ongoings serve?”, “Where do their prisoners go, and what happens to them?”), it was fitting to be in a situation much like the characters in the novel - knowing that these answers were likely disappeared with their memories. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief and Death

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Slavery, and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

Sula by Toni Morrison

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

A truly captivating novel about the ebbs and flows of sisterhood and navigating betrayal, ultimately ending in an unfortunate tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Racial slurs