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37 reviews
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
True Biz by Sara Nović
emotional
informative
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was super excited to read this book and it ended up being good, with some minor setbacks. It’s a classic teenager story of finding where you belong when everything you are changes and that message is clear. The switching POVs are distinct and are super easy to follow along with. Some of the characters feel as though they only have one personality trait that is their character. It started to go down a little bit towards the end, with the ending being very reminiscent of Fight Club, which was very unexpected and seems to come out of nowhere with the set up happening about 80% through. Overall, it was good. If you like slice-of-life young adult stories with a bit of a twist, this book is for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and War
Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 2 by Tomohito Oda
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1 by Tomohito Oda
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition II by Nagabe
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I by Nagabe
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
I genuinely could not put this book down! The world is so built out that there could be a history class in each city. The main characters are very well written giving them personalities that conflict and mesh in the best way possible. The queer and Hispanic rep is amazing!! If you liked Percy Jackson, go read this book immediately!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, War, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child death
Blackfoot by W.R. Gingell
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
As much as I didn’t like the first book, I liked this one a lot less. It reminded me of a video game or Dungeons & Dragons dungeon. The characters just wander around an abandoned castle for 300 pages. There’re small mysteries that are solved but they weren’t the ones that needed answering. Also, these are some of the most passive characters I’ve read about. Annabel needs to be told everything (and it could’ve been great character development for me but alas).
This book carries little over from the previous book but the references were nice. Overall, this is a book where nothing happens until the third act and it’s not that exciting. It’s pretty much a book only to set up the next in the series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent