choi_lacroix's reviews
192 reviews

The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green

medium-paced

4.75

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

fast-paced

2.75

Idk there's something really Western and white and pink-washing about nonconsensually referring to your brown dad a "f*g" bc he hints at his sexuality in a way the author interprets as queer. Feels like even though they didn't mean it disrespectfully, it was a choice made in bad taste. For that and other reasons, I lost a lot of respect for Piepzna-Samarasinha as a writer even though a younger version of myself really enjoyed reading Care Work.

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir by Margaret Kimball

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

The Long COVID Reader: Writing and Poetry from 45 Long Haulers by Mary Ladd Et Al, Regan McMahon, Andrew David King

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Spinning by Tillie Walden

dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

dark funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75