emcatbee's reviews
208 reviews

Poyums by Len Pennie

dark emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

Amazing live, amazing written down!

Wilding by Isabella Tree

hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

This is such a wonderful book - informative but also really engaging and beautifully written.

Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

emotional relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

Couldn't follow the plot of this book if you paid me lads. Which was disappointing because it had funny narration and characterisation.

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

This is 100% for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, although for me it was a little bit better. I wish there had been more octopus content and perhaps a better ending, but it was really cool and interesting 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

challenging emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Quietly compelling - it didn't immediately strike me or grab me but I very quickly found that I couldn't put it down. Beautiful writing and beautiful people. Emotionally hard in a lot of places.

The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory by Dante Alighieri

reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

2.5

Bro who are all these Italians? Beats me but that's some good-ass poetry.

The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

Well structured non-fiction and a good depiction of Fanon, but I struggled with the depth of Algerian SocioPolitical history

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

This was more beautiful than I expected -enotionalnand gorgeous and horrible and uplifting. 100% need to read if you're queer.

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

Devastating and beautiful