krazykris's reviews
41 reviews

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Bunny by Mona Awad

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I am not sure what just happened. Read All's Well in this year which was phenomenal. I was not expecting this book to be so insane from the start. Will need weeks to mull this one over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

Just dense for me right now, would like to read in the future. So far I really enjoyed it and am interested to return to it! May be better to read on paper.

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

I got some 20% in and still didn’t understand the connection between characters or what the plot/purpose was. Couldn’t connect to it

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Euphoria by Lily King

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

All's Well by Mona Awad

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

okay so i never even updated my reading journey on this because i DEVOURED this book. i haven’t done that with a book in a LONG time!!! i was so confused about what the genre of this book was and just expected literary fiction… which is not what i got however i LOVE IT. this is one of the first gothic/magical realist books i’ve read that had me completely engrossed

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idk how Awad does it but she captures and completely encapsulates what it feels like to be inside someone’s mind, esp during psychotic spells. some people say they hate the main character, however i liked and sympathized for Miranda even when i knew she was the villain. it was SO weird reading different sections, esp the part between her and Grace, knowing that really scaring things were happening but i wouldn’t ever know the full picture. and then the END? THE END? i’m not so convinced Grace was forgiving… did like, Miranda die? is this her version of heaven after she breaks everything? the entire book has you going “what is happening? what is happening— WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!” and i LOVED it. highly highly reccomend

MOREOVER!! the textual allusions throughout this text??? the way Miranda’s life resembles All’s Well yet present day resembles Macbeth?? are you kidding!! i could keep going on. but i will stop here. loved this read.
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Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75