caitlingrammer's reviews
11 reviews

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today by Bryan Doerries

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

Boho Days: The Wider Works of Jonathan Larson by J. Collis

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert, Erin I. Kelly

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

An Invisible Thread by Alex Tresniowski, Valerie Salembier, Laura Schroff

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism

Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Scott Sonenshein, Marie Kondo

informative slow-paced

3.75

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

Know Yourself, Know Your Money: Discover Why You Handle Money the Way You Do, and What to Do about It! by Rachel Cruze

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0