emma_b_rhodes's reviews
108 reviews

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: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, 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, Pregnancy

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

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Colonisation, 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, Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pregnancy, 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, 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, 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, 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!