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A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
4.5
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
The Patient by Jasper DeWitt
why the fuck did this book try to have a happy ending? the last 20-25 pages of this took me out. a horror novel that throws around sexual violence, assault, rape, for the sake of so casually all to have a sappy “and they all lived on in slight traumatized but happy peace! the end” is…confusing to me.
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The beginning of this had some promise, it does feel like “a debut novel” but that doesn’t really bother me, we all gotta start somewhere. I think this book does a pretty decent job describing how a lot of (maybe not so many places now w/ modernization) mental health institutions and patients do not receive the help they need. I resonated with that. But
i cannot write a full review for this novel without spoiling it. that’s how much the last quarter of this book made me mad. mad and confusing at every single decision made for the characters and the plot?? you had a mildly compelling mystery going and THAT is what you’re ending with? I— 👎🏻 There is a confusing lack of barely any foreshadowing to this ending.
i cannot write a full review for this novel without spoiling it. that’s how much the last quarter of this book made me mad. mad and confusing at every single decision made for the characters and the plot?? you had a mildly compelling mystery going and THAT is what you’re ending with? I— 👎🏻 There is a confusing lack of barely any foreshadowing to this ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Excrement
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
i didn’t fuck with tapeworms before reading this, but i certainly don’t fuck with them AFTER.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Emotional abuse