ivylovesbirds's reviews
23 reviews

You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment by Thích Nhất Hạnh

Still want to read

Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor

Still want to read

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flyn

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

The atmosphere is way too dark for my taste

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

Great book, but ugh, its exploration of speciesism and sentience fell short when they started casually eating animals. I’ve noticed this in other Becky Chambers books as well: all this wild technology and we’re still killing sentient beings! Why!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Essential reading for everyone in our society. 

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

It's illegal to eat animals in this world? Sign me up.