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57 reviews

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

As a fan of the Greek classics, I already knew what was coming but to see it from these women's POV when their tales and narrations are often left out left a feeling of bittersweet familiarity within me. 

The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

4.75

The writing is phenomenal and her prose is unmatched. I am sad she never got to see the fruits of her labor but this book is really what true crime investigation, writing, and research should be about. 

All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced