brookegabor's reviews
213 reviews

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

The future of Sappho shall be us.

i had a really hard time with wanting to pick up this book. the prose was beautiful and the message was strong but was personally not engaging until i got to historical events and figures i already had some background on — wwi and virginia woolf. i think i would take a lot more away from this book had i more context, and maybe i’ll reread it one day for that reason. 

Woolgathering by Patti Smith

reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.25

beautiful writing as always but i didn’t really connect with this one in the same way i have with patti smith’s other works. my favorite story was “nineteen fifty-seven”

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

FINALLY finished my reread after starting 9 months ago lol. i love this book and i LOVED carmen maria machado’s introduction and footnotes throughout. much more engaging than the edition i read previously. 

Foe by Iain Reid

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Beauty isn’t fleeting. Beauty is eternal. But… I’m not. I’m fleeting. That’s more the point

even though the main character was insufferable i’m obsessed w this book !!!

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

dark medium-paced

3.5

i don’t have words to talk about this book yet beyond saying i think i liked it

A Man and His Cat, Volume 3 by Umi Sakurai

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

slayed

A Man and His Cat, Volume 2 by Umi Sakurai

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

adorable and made me tear up a couple times??? i was not expecting that from this lol

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

adorable! made me cry! mr. saubertuck is an evil, evil man!

Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

i could read eve babitz gossip about nothing for the rest of my life. i adore her!

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

main character is a FREAK

all that buildup for the whole 8 hour book just for it to be dropkicked into the toilet for the last 50 minutes (WHY were there like 20 plot twists) i hated this as a book but also couldn’t put it down so what does that say about me

also must add that the main character gives MAJOR joe from you vibes i can’t stop thinking about it