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cheuksin's reviews
102 reviews
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
medium-paced
3.75
Not as insightful as I hoped it would be
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
3.75
As well as founding mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines (eventually diamond purveyors De Beers), Cecil Rhodes played a key part in expanding the British Empire in South Africa, based on the belief that the British were ‘the finest race in the world’. His colonial project displaced Africans from their land. The country we now know as Zimbabwe was once named Rhodesia, after Rhodes.
Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence
The Brothers Karamazov by Constance Garnett, Fyodor Dostoevsky
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
How We End by LM Juniper
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Felt a little all over the place.
I also didn’t feel like Frances character was developed enough for me to feel emotionally affected when she died
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
More Than a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
funny
lighthearted
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? No
2.5
I hate it in romance books where one person in the couple has zero friends and relies entirely on their romantic interest
“The Lesbian Bridgerton you didn't know you needed” I don’t think I needed this
Also, I definitely should’ve read the description
Friends to lovers to stepsisters and presumably in the sequel they will then marry each other‘s cousins. What the fuck?
I still pre ordered the sequel to hate read, so maybe I’m the problem
“The Lesbian Bridgerton you didn't know you needed” I don’t think I needed this
Also, I definitely should’ve read the description
I still pre ordered the sequel to hate read, so maybe I’m the problem
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence
Minor: Incest
How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse