dsaiz's Reviews (86)

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

William H. McRaven

3.5

The Hurricane Wars

Thea Guanzon

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

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I just unfortunately couldn't get invested. Might just need to try again later.

The Duke and I

Julia Quinn

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Gone to See the River Man

Kristopher Triana

2.25

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity

Beverly Daniel Tatum

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Savor It

Tarah DeWitt

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

All That's Left in the World

Erik J. Brown

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

Leah Sottile

3.5

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Autobiography of Red

Anne Carson

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated