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344 reviews

DIY Therapy: Long-term culturally appropriate friendly support for free! by Charlotte Cooper

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this but something doesn’t sit completely right with me for middle class authors writing narratives of how they imagine inner worlds of those in poverty and abuse – and going on to make profit from that…

Radical Intimacy by Sophie K. Rosa

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A book to return to again and again

Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life by Amy Key

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Read very quickly and would like to return to it to highlight passages that resonate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Excrement

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation by Sophie Lewis

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

To read again and again 

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

You know a book is good when you immediately want to return to sections and re-read them. Or you are wishing everyone you know will read it too so you can talk about it together. Challenging, scary and yet so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Transphobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Would prefer to read the print version. For some reason kept having to rewind because I’d lose focus. Probably a me and my current attention-span problem as love that the author reads the narration. 

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Rape

Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun!

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Whoa mama