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272 reviews

Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan

informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

a necessary and beautiful love letter to his church that does not love him back, i think this should be mandatory reading for evangelicals if we want to combat white supremacy 

Off Season by Jack Ketchum

dark tense 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? Yes

1.5

wow that was gross, everything but the gore was poorly written so i’m very conflicted. on one hand, women are not like this but on the other

cannibal children ripping out someone’s throat?

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

that was epic! i wish my anthropology degree led me to turn into a giant worm, college is a scam

Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson

dark emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

i don’t think anyone will understand me like her. maybe emily brontë i guess

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.0

beautiful, soulful, and somehow not pretentious 

Bright Dead Things: Poems by Ada Limón

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.5

this had everything i needed! beautifully written, easy to sink into 

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is what friendship is. i have no words, just a wide mouthed scream to explain my feelings on this one

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this was melancholic in exactly the right way ugh i understand all of them being 13 is so hard

The Jungle by Earl Lee, Kathleen DeGrave, Upton Sinclair

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

it was simultaneously captivating and devastating, and definitely not what they told us about in school lmao

Nelson Algren's Book of Lonesome Monsters by Joseph Heller, H.E.F Donohue, Brock Brower, Hughes Rudd, James Blake, Nelson Algren, Joan Kerckhoff, Bruce Jay Friedman, Saul Bellow, Thomas Pynchon, Chandler Brossard, Bernard Farbar

funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

simply not my jam. some of the stories felt incomplete and confusing, though there were like 2 that i enjoyed. wish there were more lonesome monsters tbh