jacobandthefrogs's reviews
149 reviews

Blue Beetle: Graduation Day by Wil Quintana, Josh Trujillo

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Yayyayayyayayayayayayayayayyay bring back more hot superhero men.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Read for school - but I really liked this book. Not a huge gothic fan (thumbs down Faulkner), but this was great and maybe this is just because I wanted more but the ending fell so flat.

Like she kisses him for love after he was still pretty complicit in his family’s abuse of people like I don’t think Francis is an evil guy but I do think maybe this ending doesn’t give him enough room to prove his identity outside of his batshit insane family both for us as readers and the main character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Murder, and Rape

Kinky by Denise Duhamel

4.0

Read for class

Mooncakes: Collector's Edition by Suzanne Walker

fast-paced

3.5

Read for class

Batgirl, Vol. 3: Death of the Family by Admira Wijaya, Vicente Cifuentes, Julius M. Gopez, Gail Simone, Scott Snyder, Ray Fawkes, Jonathan Glapion, Mark Irwin, Juan Albarran, Marc Deering, Ed Benes, Rob Hunter, Greg Capullo, Daniel Sampere

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

Read for class but also what the hell 🧍🏻

Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston

4.0

Read for class

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.

Just actual torture, I truly don’t know what would make her write this book but I hope she has been able to heal from it because I don’t think I will

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Racial slurs, Death, Ableism, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Suicide attempt, Racism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Outing, Homophobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

Fighting Is Like a Wife by Eloisa Amezcua

4.25

Read for class

Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. Southworth

3.0

Read for class (Capitola’s #1 Fan)

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker

5.0

Oh my god what a mind I need to re read this like 80 times