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344 reviews

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.

Too much casual rape culture and misogyny. I get that it was the 90s but life is too short. Bye. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

Why I Am An Anarchist by Voltairine de Cleyre

informative slow-paced

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

Maybe I just don't like fantasy?

Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell

dark funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.25

Read in a day! Sign of a good book.

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing is beautiful but the objectivism philosophy is laid on too heavy handed that often getting through character speeches becomes a slog.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Torture, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Misogyny, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Ghosts of Westfield by Nicole R. Kobrowski

funny informative mysterious fast-paced

1.5

Does it need a proofread and an editor? Is 99% of it speculation? Yes. Was there uncomfortable interchangeable referring to enslaved people as 'fugitives?' Mmhmm. But for all its white-person-self-publishing-a-paranormal-local-history-book-in-2011 faux pas, it was very silly and I did enjoy moments of how ridiculous it was. I even came away with one spooky nightmare because I am highly suggestible. This is a loving 1.5 star rating. 

I wish there was more exploration of the indigenous people that lived in Indiana rather than the passing mention. But to be fair, this was written before the decolonising lenses on US history expected now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Classism

The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

The main love interest was a dickhead. I was expecting more feminism but there was still so much centering of men, male desires and cliched truths pushed about how motherhood compels women to act in a certain way. With the glorification of revenge and violence and domination — it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life by Shuli Branson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 88%.

Want to start again from the beginning

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail