danitheenerd's Reviews (320)

Please Look After Mom

Kyung-sook Shin

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

Eileen Horne, Gwen Adshead

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Talia Hibbert

5.0

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

Elaine Welteroth

4.0

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture

Minor: Child death

Everyone Knows How Much I Love You

Kyle McCarthy

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

A Black Women's History of the United States

Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

1984

George Orwell

4.0

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement

Garry Peller, Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda

4.0

challenging informative medium-paced

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J.K. Rowling

5.0

adventurous medium-paced