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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
emotional
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction
Belladonna by Anbara Salam
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V
3.5
I really enjoyed the majority of this miniseries. The reason I’m giving it 3.5 stars though is because I was quite disappointed by the ending. I feel like the story and world built was too complex to resolve in five issues. To be honest, I didn’t realize when I started that this was a miniseries. I really enjoyed issues 1-4 but the fifth one felt extremely rushed in my opinion. I also do not understand how people continued to die after Laila got fired. I expected it to be explained eventually but it wasn’t. Finally, I also felt like Laila was the only character who really had much depth. I was looking forward to learning more about the mysterious god of life but we never did, and we didn’t really learn much about Darius until the info dump in issue #5. The art on the other hand, was absolutely spectacular. I honestly am happy I read this series for the art alone. I will absolutely be reading more comics drawn by Filipe Andrade.
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
Temporarily! I’m just not in the mood right now.