meganmalonefranklin's reviews
271 reviews

Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto by Michelle Bowdler

4.5

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

4.25

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari

dark informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Classism

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

emotional reflective sad

4.25

Finding Me by Viola Davis

dark hopeful reflective

4.0

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

dark emotional sad

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

adventurous emotional mysterious

4.0

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher

challenging dark informative

5.0

This should be required reading for social media users. So important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol