meg_charest's reviews
48 reviews

The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir by Anna LeBaron

sad tense medium-paced

2.0

One cult to another, smh

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

Always so many tears 

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

This was so good—still true-friend but done really thoughtfully and impossible to put down 

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

informative medium-paced

3.0

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A novel for the ages; I savored every word. I wished this could go on forever.

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful story in graphic memoir hitting all of the intersections of age, immigration, race, sexuality, and class. SO GOOD

Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux

reflective slow-paced

3.5

Beautiful prose and translation 

Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America by Audrey Clare Farley

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.75

This was interesting and easy to stay engaged with. Upsetting but important information about the history of psychology and psychiatry and the research and ethics that go with them. At times this felt overly narrative for nonfiction and i’d have like to see a greater direct reference to research at a few points. 

Transmogrify! by g. haron davis

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Sweet fantasy stories about trans magic that we need more of! M happy this book exists, even if it’s not really my genre typically