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Violets by Kyung-sook Shin
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
dnf at 40%. i just couldn’t get through the slice of life going nowhere exposition, which makes up an alleged 90% of the book. san’s loneliness and isolation are of her own making as she is constantly surrounded by people, but chooses to not connect with them. the LGBTQIA tag really goes nowhere because it’s a fleeting childhood moment of tenderness and is never brought up within a reasonable context again. based on descriptions of how this book ends—including what’s described as poorly handled, left turn, shock value sexual violence—i just don’t see the point in finishing it.
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
5.0
"to be homeless is to be ignored when people walk past, while still being in full view of everyone." it was raining. it was raining. it was raining. it was-
Milk Black Carbon by Joan Naviyuk Kane
2.0
i don’t know that the poems or collection at large did what the book description claims they do
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
5.0
“for the rest of my life, i would remember all the shades of red satoru mentioned that day.” cool thanks im sobbing!
Home by Nnedi Okorafor
5.0
oh my goddddd. this was so good. trapped between worlds between identities between destinies. binti, girl you are everything.
Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami
5.0
“i think i’ll have another one, please,” ohhhh the cusp of childhood and pubescence tied together by the complex emotional foil of an absent mother and a dying grandma. all he really wanted was something he could rely on, a measured experience in counted footsteps that would not change as everything else around him did.
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
dnf'd at 30%. i just kept trying to push through it, but the reviews for the book and the final book in the trilogy prove that its not worth it. these characters i fell in love with in ACSDAL have died a moral death. rhen is a cruel villain, grey is a broken man with an unexplainable motive, harper has been reduced to fodder to build development for other characters. what happened to disabled strong FMC harper? to loyal to a fault grey? to tormented and full of love rhen? why are noah and jake nothing more than an excuse to tag the book as inclusive/lgbt+? they're not here. harper, jake, and noah are just a noise in the background as rhen becomes his father and grey becomes a warmonger?
The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
2.0
if you wanted:
• religious trauma, read “hell followed with us” by andrew joseph white instead.
• allegorically voiceless teenage girl navigating an unjust world, read “the sin eater” by megan campisi instead.
• weird kids doing weird shit, read “miss peregrine's home for peculiar children” by ransom riggs instead.
• an old money cult, read “their vicious games” by joelle wellington instead.
• a fanciful morally gray magic man fucking up everyone’s lives, read “jonathan strange & mr norrell” by susanna clarke instead.
• religious trauma, read “hell followed with us” by andrew joseph white instead.
• allegorically voiceless teenage girl navigating an unjust world, read “the sin eater” by megan campisi instead.
• weird kids doing weird shit, read “miss peregrine's home for peculiar children” by ransom riggs instead.
• an old money cult, read “their vicious games” by joelle wellington instead.
• a fanciful morally gray magic man fucking up everyone’s lives, read “jonathan strange & mr norrell” by susanna clarke instead.
Baby, I'm Howling for You by Christine Warren
4.0
honestly? tacky, unoriginal, nothing i’ve never read before. enjoyed the hell out of it lmfaoooo. downside was the repeated threat of rape but it also sort of made sense for the plot and villain’s motives. also felt like the climatic finale was rushed…. but hey it didn’t end with babies and that’s waaay more than i’m used to getting from an ending.