julieannrea's reviews
25 reviews

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Jillian by Halle Butler

funny tense fast-paced

3.75

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.5

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.5

The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

adventurous challenging dark informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies by bell hooks

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5