beccaww16's reviews
17 reviews

Token Black Girl: A Memoir by Danielle Prescod

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

A solid memoir by someone I didn’t know about before reading this book

I Know What's Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom by Yael R. Shinar, Alison Espach, Mary Jo Bang, Deborah Landau, Kate Novotny, Sarah Gerard, Riva Lehrer, Ama Codjoe, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Carrie Bornstein, Tiphanie Yanique, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Hannah Lillith Assadi, R.O. Kwon, Said Sayrafiezadeh, Deb Olin Unferth, Sally Wen Mao, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Kate Tarker, Kristen Arnett, Erin Williams, Cade Leebron, Shelly Oria, Tommy Orange, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Desiree Cooper, Khadijah Queen, Kim Gek Lin Short, Georgina Escobar

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

An impactful collection of stories that explores how reproductive rights and justice impacts everyone in a variety of different ways

NSFW by Isabel Kaplan

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

The best use of white feminism in a book hands down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual assault

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Only lightly sci-fi, mainly a survivalist story 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0