emma_b_rhodes's reviews
97 reviews

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

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

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

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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

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

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0

DEVASTATING and very traumatic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, and Colonisation

Bugs and bug bites

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

So beautifully written at times but very slow moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

Plenitude by Daniel Sarah Karasik

challenging funny informative medium-paced

4.75

Trans & socialist poems 💞💥🤙

Pageboy by Elliot Page

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together As Things Fall Apart by Astra Taylor

challenging hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

I'm in the acknowledgements that's cool! 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted it to be more about sisters but it's kind of a flat hetero love story w a haunted house. Too many gross rape/SA scenes imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Eugenics