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59 reviews
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
5.0
This is one of my favorite books of all time and I try to re-read it every year. I love you, Kafka. I love you, Gregor.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The only reason this book gets two stars instead of one is because I can tell the author did spent a lot of time working on most of the book. It's ambitious and part of me wants to like it, but it just misses the mark in the end. The ending felt like he just ran out of ideas?? It felt like a bad Black Mirror episode. There is no way in hell I would have read the entire book if I knew it would be that ending... On a side note, I don't usuall enjoy a male main character in fiction books, so, this one having one man as eight different men + all the other men characters was a little insufferable by the end. The few women characters there did appear in this book weren't even cool or fleshed out!!! Based on how he writes male characters, it's probably for the best that he didn't spend a bunch of time on the women characters actually.
I would also say that there were probably only three good solid plot twists in that entire seventeen hour audiobook!!! Woof. Also, why was the author like super fat phobic? Nah, not my thing.
I sounded actually insane trying to explain the plot to my coworker. I had to draw a character chart and that didn't even help... there were some cool concepts but the shitty half baked stuff kinda ruined it for me.
I would also say that there were probably only three good solid plot twists in that entire seventeen hour audiobook!!! Woof. Also, why was the author like super fat phobic? Nah, not my thing.
I sounded actually insane trying to explain the plot to my coworker. I had to draw a character chart and that didn't even help... there were some cool concepts but the shitty half baked stuff kinda ruined it for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
"Rich is the man whose wife is dead and horse alive"
A great blend of history + the present. Overall, she did a good job at touching on the broad spectrum of race and class that further compounds women's struggles as mothers in the U.S. I think her chapters on the early days of the pandemic were easily the strongest in the book. Her discussion of Mormon mom influences was also good! (She even mentioned the ballerina farm, if you remember that big story that went viral earlier this year!)... Her discussion of mom guilt was the strongest continuous thread in this book. A very humanizing book.
A great blend of history + the present. Overall, she did a good job at touching on the broad spectrum of race and class that further compounds women's struggles as mothers in the U.S. I think her chapters on the early days of the pandemic were easily the strongest in the book. Her discussion of Mormon mom influences was also good! (She even mentioned the ballerina farm, if you remember that big story that went viral earlier this year!)... Her discussion of mom guilt was the strongest continuous thread in this book. A very humanizing book.
Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide by Hawon Jung
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
An emotionally challenging read, but highly recommended to any woman that feels angry or hopeless right now. I believe that reading this is necessary more than ever with Trump being re-elected. (I'm glad that the book also discussed the homophonia and transphobia that still plagues the feminist movement.)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
medium-paced
3.75
I was a bit surprised with how nature focused this was. I'm the type of person that has to stop reading and Google what something looks like if I've never seen it before, so it was a bit tedious at times. I now love the orange monkey flower and am a bit freaked out by the magnificent frigate bird though, lol! The title of the book ended up being my favorite of her poems
Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Overall, a pretty funny read if you can get past the way that some of the women characters are written. Would definitely recommend the audio version so you can hear the sound that zombie cows make and experience a British ghoul/zombie. (Imagining a werewolf wagging it's tale because it's so happy is also a 10/10 visual.)
Content Warnings
Minor: Fatphobia
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Pageboy by Elliot Page
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
What an absolutely heartbreaking and beautifully raw book. I'm so glad that I listed to the audio version and heard his story in his own words.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Sexual assault
The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart
dark
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I liked the first book well enough but this second one was so good!!! I was not expecting many of the twists and I can't believe it ended on that note!
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
5.0
I could not imagine having the strength to write this story and share my reflections with the world like this. What a powerful and moving book. I wish her nothing but privacy the happines for the rest of her life.