mantisss's reviews
10 reviews

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

4.0

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

funny hopeful reflective

5.0

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Rape

This book is about how the body is perceived and experienced, particularly the disabled and raped body. There are no depictions of rape but mentions of it and slight descriptions of the act itself, and ableism is a very big theme in this book.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

Good concept, just didn’t draw me in the way I thought it would. I might return to this book one day, but who knows!

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Did not finish book. Stopped at 88%.

Never really got me that interested, while the characters were interesting this book kinda flipped for me

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Lesbophobia

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Junji Ito voice: what if a town was contaminated by the spiral? What if people turned into snails? Would that be fucked up or what?

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0