mariaejike's Reviews (103)

Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad

Forugh Farrokhzad

4.0

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Many lovely poems. Made me reflect and ponder. 

If You Kept a Record of Sins

Andrea Bajani

3.75

Through the Woods

E.M. Carroll

3.0

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

1.0

Vorstin van het Noorden

Eden Robinson

2.0

Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation

Kelly Russel Agadon, Jennifer Saunders, Rachel Neve-Midbar

4.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Enjoyed this memoir. For many years and now, women have been silenced about menstruation. It’s amazing to have a work filled with personal anecdotes from across the world. Reading this felt like I was being understood, and it felt like a safe haven 

The Stranger

Albert Camus

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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He is the stranger, the monster, and he get's convicted for being himself.

This emotionless, souless man. And later he  decides to accept that. I love the ending, his encounter with the  priest, we get a raw side of him.

Brute: Poems

Emily Skaja

3.0

reflective medium-paced

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

Baek Se-hee

2.75

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare

3.5

slow-paced