mar's reviews
388 reviews

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

GOD.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Misogyny

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker

2.0

huh. idk if i was expecting this to be more than just a rather repetitive list of cursed object stories, or if i was expecting the stories to be more captivating than they were, but in the end i just found this book to be rather boring 

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe by Harry Cliff

adventurous challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

CRAZY. CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
can't believe this book managed to get me excited about particle physics, my most hated area of physics

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny 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

4.25

Road to Ruin by Hana Lee

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

this was sooo fun in the most self-indulgent kind of way

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.

my library hold's about to expire and i feel too indifferent to both the plot&characters to renew, honestly 😐 like not to be mean but i just kept thinking how i could be rereading children of ruin by adrian tchaikovsky instead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death and Murder

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World by Theresa MacPhail

informative slow-paced

4.0

Crashcourse by Wilhelmina Baird

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

just enough actually entertaining and compelling moments to make me genuinely pissed off about the rest of it. like it's SO CLOSE to being a good and campy cyberpunk thriller and YET. AND YET!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

i <3 miscommunication 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent