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428 reviews

Kappa by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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

4.0

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye

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

3.5

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

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informative fast-paced

4.0

Angela Davis herself is always a 5/5, and there’s a reason this is often considered essential reading. The collection’s content is wonderful individually but a bit repetitive. I would not necessarily recommend the audiobook, although it is read by David herself, on the grounds that some of the interviews are question/answer and the audio version doesn’t render that format too clearly. 
Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers by Stephanie McNeal

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informative lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

Lacks any real depth or journalistic rigor. Just kind of seems like the author gushing about how neat she thinks influencers are. Honestly reads like an overlong Buzzfeed article.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware

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

3.5

Predictable, but it’s a quick read so that doesn’t become to grating. Definitely not Ruth Ware’s best, though.
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

It’s a good anthology, and some of the pieces are real bangers, but it doesn’t always feel like a HORROR anthology.