emma_b_rhodes's reviews
64 reviews

Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

reflective medium-paced

3.5

WEIRD listening experience. If u read it I wanna talk to you about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Been so long since I've read YA and wow i love teen girls!! Wish there were books like this when I was a teen (maybe there were and I just wasnt reading them).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Saidiya hartman meets billy ray belcourt. Very poetic. I want to get a physical copy to read - this one was difficult as an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Colonisation, Racism, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

Slows: Twice by T. Liem

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Absolutely agonizing. I need to talk about it with other peeps in publishing lol

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

Expertly written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book has everything! It's magical, weaving, and full of grief and yearning. It's gay, sexy, and deeply invested in sisterhood and family. This book is healing. 10/10 recommend 💫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Outing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, and Racism

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.75

Michelle Williams is a great reader. Fantastic audiobook - will make you cry. What Britney went through is worse than you think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content