fluoresensitive's reviews
527 reviews

A Dream of Daisies by Lemi Young

lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Still fun?

The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Despondent wailing that can't be stopped, absolutely losing it, throwing up and tearing out my hair. It's literally about stories and the thread of love, about being unspeakable and most importantly, related deeply to your lesbian grand -aunt who isn't REALLY your aunt but someone connected to your family through circumstances brought on by geopolitical and interpersonal events .

The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I literally do not care about anything, this is one of the greatest books I've read this year. As always Porter outsells with her stellar writing skills and narrative voice. I laughed, I gasped, I had to put the book down to walk in circles! Amazing! 

(Also I say a lot of people are so and so's kids but Chana Porter is really Ursula K Le Guin and Octavia Butler's daughter)

Sula by Toni Morrison

emotional reflective 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

(smoking a cigarette) we was girls together ...

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

2.0

Racist, horrific sexualization of rape that seems to be oh so common in white queer spaces, the disgusting grandaddy to Brainwyrms. Fucking ew.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic

Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.

Not really feeling it!

Rouge by Mona Awad
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

Hate the writing.

A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Odd and a little kooky and confusing, but genuinely good too. I don't know if I'd be in a rush to reread; still, I had fun. Characters who are totally losers are baller.

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman
Did not finish book.

I actually said aloud "oh get over yourself" because the way middle class black people move annoys me so bad.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

..who's afraid of vulnerability and emotional honesty and the truth for REAL