feministmidwife's reviews
81 reviews

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

5.0

Absolutely phenomenal. 

Fly With Me by Andie Burke

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Best sapphic romance book I’ve read to-date! And I read a lot of them. Femme and queer nurses and pilots, family illness and toxicity, workplace harassment, and great sex scenes. Favorite quote from Olive: “It’s not going to feel okay. But it’s okay to *feel.*”

10/10 will read again. 

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

4.0

Hex by Jenni Fagan

3.0

Boulder by Eva Baltasar

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Coming Home by Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

fast-paced

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

2.0

Superficial from every lens (queer, feminist, racial, climate change) and often problematic in its takes. Reads overwhelmingly like YA yet is labeled Adult. Bad dialogue. Distractingly unbelievable elements even for a dystopia (med student doing c-sections, smart people not being smart in any way, etc.).