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maraharcher804's reviews
21 reviews
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Bennett shatters the race and gender binary social constructs that have been handed down to us throughout history and shows us that the trauma and pain of the past is still with us in the present. The characters feel like real people and for that this book caused me to question how I judge other people's choices.
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
1.0
This book should come with a trigger warning - there is so much violence and rape that I felt sick and angry reading it. It's a teenage girl's story that is clearly written by a man that is tone deaf to the female experience. The author's experience with guns and the outdoors is apparent, but his beautifully-penned details of nature is not a big enough distraction from the excessive cruelty this book puts its protagonist and readers through.
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
4.0
Incredibly useful reading as an introduction to lean thinking and agile methodologies.
You Don't Have to Be a Shark: Creating Your Own Success by Robert Herjavec, John Lawrence Reynolds
2.0
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
5.0
Here we are trapped in the amber of this moment - there is no why