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33 reviews

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

liked it the first time. After reading more of the author’s academic work on ancient Greek culture I come back loving and appreciating it even more. Cried both times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexism, and Torture

Miedzy nami. Wiersze zebrane by Jacek Kaczmarski

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Ableism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Animal death, Classism, Misogyny, Violence, Genocide, Infidelity, Murder, War, and Xenophobia

Themes showing up in the poems

Hebrajska epiografika nagrobna w Polsce by Leszek Hońdo

challenging informative slow-paced

The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

Some poems I absolutely loved and will cherish but some made me want to rip the book apart. 

Also warning for outdated offensive language at times and a weird attitude to women 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Sexism, Drug use, and War

A racial slur for roma people is used twice, there’s a mention of chinese people eating dogs, other warnings include themes of the poems

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Blue Is the Warmest Color by Jul Maroh

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Fluff by Natalia Osińska

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Mental illness

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Fanfik by Natalia Osińska

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Transphobia, Drug use, Bullying, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

The character deals with coming to terms with their transgender identity

The ending is hopeful and happy

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.

Learned the author is a pedophile lol