kaii's reviews
73 reviews

Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason

emotional funny hopeful sad

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

4.0

I loveeeeed this book but I also diagnosed with a personality disorder in the middle of reading it which certainly. uh. made the second half an interesting experience 

Oar Than Friends by Lulu Moore

1.0

Penance by Eliza Clark

4.0

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book is absurb. about my favourite thing (mentally ill women taking drugs) and feels a lot like a car crash (absolutely horrible but god you cannot look away)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I wish there had been... more to this? a better exploration of how watching this kind of content fucks you up and what sort of effects it has. kind of felt like a but flat flat, and it seemed like some threads were kind of left hanging. but, I did devour it! it scratched an itch and I liked the writing style

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Self harm, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Islamophobia, Stalking, and Death of parent

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

what in the ever loving fuck

this is interesting! I feel like it needed to be longer tho - claiming your book is about manipulation doesn't work when everything goes from 0-100 so quickly - but it, obviously, quite icky. also, written by a man. which feels... weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

The Split by Laura Kay

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I literally devoured this book and it's so fun! I'm obsessed with the gays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia