kaiknowshowtoread's Reviews (15)

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

5.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Lifestyle

Taylor Hahn

3.5

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One Piece, Vol. 2: Buggy the Clown

Eiichiro Oda

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The First Bad Man

Miranda July

4.5

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

4.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

4.5

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Lesbophobia

But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

Chuck Klosterman

informative medium-paced

The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom

Nikita Gill

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

Nobody Is Ever Missing

Catherine Lacey

3.5

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

3.0

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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was hyped up but it wasn’t really giving anything new. nothing that hasn’t been said before. and kind of slow and boring. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death