jizellereads's reviews
60 reviews

Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

this made me break down crying

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

at first i wasn’t really vibing with this but once it was 100 pages left, that’s when the actual important parts of the story started to happen

Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

fast-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

2.75

this book was definitely not for me. i’m getting really tired of all queer women in lit fiction novels being weird and always picking toxic women to date.

throughout this book, i felt that i didn’t really know damani and i just thought she was really annoying. 

Mall Goth by Kate Leth

emotional sad 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

4.0

ugh i was not expecting this to be sad but this is a really important story with great drawings and a great protagonist

This Is Me Trying by Racquel Marie

emotional sad 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

4.75

ugh this made me tear up so many times. this is by far my favorite racquel novel because of how honest it is. it was such a ride but i really connected with these characters, one way or another 

Survive by Frederika Amalia Finkelstein

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

interesting book 

Plasmas by Céline Minard

adventurous slow-paced

2.0

didn't particularly enjoy this because the stories were weird and didn't really make sense to me 

The Road to Texas by Victor Prosper Considerant

informative slow-paced

3.0

new history that I was not aware of 

The Potato Eaters by Farhad Pirbal

tense medium-paced

3.75

I'm not too big on short stories like this but it was interesting to read 

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

lighthearted 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

3.0

didn’t really know what this was about until like a little after reading it so i might not have picked it up it if i actually had known the premise. but it was cute, the plot and “tension” just seemed a bit dumb