laurel00's reviews
318 reviews

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

informative reflective

4.0

I don't disagree with anything that DiAngelo explains, but it is a bit of a surface level analysis of racism. For a specific audience, I think it can be a very useful introduction to understanding one's own racism, but it isn't a revolutionary text.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

a biblically accurate (pun intended) representation of how dramatic everything feels when you're young and queer 

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Maite, these men don’t deserve you, I’d treat you so right I promise 

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

emotional hopeful informative reflective

4.25

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Vampirism as a metaphor for lesbian devotion hell yea 

One Of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

4.0

The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao, Min Christensen, David Daneman

4.0