kaceyymair's reviews
318 reviews

In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova

The entire time I read this I felt like I was being walked through a museum dedicated to stepanovas family. It was so lyrical and reflective - rlly enjoyed it 

The Outsider by Albert Camus

5.0

Whoever said “honesty is the best policy” clearly didn’t know about what happened to poor, lovely, very-much-relatable Meursault

The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

3.0

The first 50 pages and the last 50 pages were amazing - but in between it was a bit too descriptive and the fight scenes were a bit boring

The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

This was so so interesting - it was an in-depth insight into the queer community in the US from the 70s onwards, and there were so many important reflections on family, identity, and substance abuse.

On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

4.0

A good, comprehensive understanding of the creation of Zionism and the relationship between Israel and Palestine. While sometimes it was a bit difficult to stay in the moment because it was literally a transcript, it was a quick and helpful read, and i did appreciate it being more conversational at points because it made the information a little more digestible and easy to understand. It also made me want to read more work from Ilan Pappé in the future

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

5.0

Beautiful glimpses of love and grief - both stories were such open and honest slices of life - I wasn’t expecting them to be so emotional 

Idol, Burning by 宇佐見りん, Rin Usami

4.0

The ending felt a bit unsatisfying and sudden, but I really enjoyed the rest of the book, and the narrator was rlly good 

The Melting by Lize Spit

3.0

This traumatised me - sir could’ve given me a trigger warning before he told me to read this book - eek

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

3.5

The last 200 pages let me down but rlly enjoyed the rest of it - it just ended too easily and all the problems were so conveniently solved that it annoyed me

A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux

Such an interesting exploration of her views on girlhood, intimacy and food - I found her perspectives and thoughts on nostalgia and mental health particularly interesting - but I also find it more difficult to keep track of because of the jumping timeline and mix of people and places than I did for simple passion.