kienn_reads's reviews
73 reviews

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

4.5

gave me alot to think about

4.0

i enjoyed the character so much... just some outdated things but for a 70s novel very ahead of its time. looks like queer authors have been paying service to making

almost every character gay

since the beginning LMAO

Cosm by Gregory Benford

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slow-paced

2.0

written by a prof emeritus at my uni. physics was fun, but a white male author writing a black woman physicist... it wasnt well researched enough in that respect and a bit out of touch due to this pervading color blind attitude. and some yikes comments about race and gender. but the nods to uci geography were fun i guess

Rin, Tongue and Dorner by Rich Shapero

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

so much could've been cut / flat characters / terrible dialogue / shallow / does not commit / distracting sexualization / uninspired worldbuilding / men writing women / white savior / wasn't even fun bad. not even annotating could save it. so bored

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

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4.25

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

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dark funny slow-paced

4.0

more stinky men

The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov

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dark medium-paced

4.0