immovabletype's reviews
457 reviews

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Did not finish book.

Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and Folklore by Rachel Elior

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

my rating is actually 4.43 stars, which i only point out because it's the exact same number as the average rating. wild! i did dock the half star because it took me a while to get into this one due to the focus on the main romance in the beginning (i'm a romance girly, but this one was just a little too young for me, i think, and i really loved the plot and wanted to get back to it). however, this duology is a new favorite that i want everyone to read if they haven't yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia and Abortion

Child death/infanticide and rape are not graphically depicted, but they are so prevalent and baked into the worldbuilding and main conflicts that I can't call them moderate.

Pucking Around by Emily Rath

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol

There's a lot of behavior from various players toward the FMC in the capacity of her job that is meant to be cute but would absolutely be sexual harassment irl.

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw, Richard Kadrey
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

I can't do graphic child death. I tried to continue after that but I just don't care anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Grief

Happy Place by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful 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

I laughed, I cried, I swooned; I did all three at the same time and ended up choking on my own spit. Emily Henry is my happy place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Vomit, and Medical content

The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
Did not finish book.

Sell Like Crazy: How To Get As Many Clients, Customers and Sales as You Can Possibly Handle by Sabri Suby
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

the type A broness was just a little too much. probably some good advice somewhere under that but I don't think this dude is what I want to model myself after as a business owner.