cryingcowboy's reviews
75 reviews

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

3.0

Maybe I’ll plan a winter vacation in the woods with my best friends too.

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

4.0

does anyone really know what they want, when they want it. four Irish people figure out if they like each other or not.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

5.0

As a person of color, this book made me admire my family’s history, as a queer person it made me admire their compassion. The poetic writing style is enough to make me reread this.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

5.0

My Catholic guilt was strong, my empathy and sympathy for Gilda and Grace even stronger. This was a rollercoaster of emotions and I loved every second of the ride.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

5.0

Instantly made me reevaluate my life choices and get a better perspective at the weight and gravity of the universe I’m immersed in.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

5.0

This felt like reading a salacious Twitter thread about a beloved internet darling who must now take their fall from grace on the world stage.

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

5.0

God please help me satiate my need for queer charters in dark academia. I have a certain thirst for this and if we were villains helped to hold me over.

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

4.0

The only road to redemption for this book to get five stars is if Carmen Maria Machado writes an accompanying novella or anything else to give me more from Laura and Carmilla.

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

4.0

I too would hate having creepy haunted puppets be in my home. But I would love anything handmade so it’s a double edged sword.

Bright Dead Things: Poems by Ada Limón

5.0

When Ada said “Oh let us be a bird flying wholly for the sake of flying,” I was actually in tears.