martinalitty's Reviews (80)

Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals

Patricia Lockwood

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The Geographer's Map to Romance

India Holton

slow-paced

Strong character development: No

This book was so bad that it was honestly unreadable. I powered through for the sake of book club. It's depressing that the publishing industry kills trees to waste paper on this.

I Do Know Some Things

Richard Siken

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Preordered and my copy arrived early. Tremendous read. Richard Siken continues to astound.

All (Dead) Girls Lie

Piper L. White

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The most interesting parts of this story are Monstrilio's development/life and the tension between Monstrilio's selfhood versus what his mother Magos wants him to be. Unfortunately, 90% of that happens off-page.