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35 reviews

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Suicide

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The Martian by Andy Weir

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

despite SLIGHTLY annoying narration (both from the logs and the third person POV) it’s no doubt a page turner, at points i almost felt like i was  there with everyone rooting for mark. not something that necessarily makes you think (besides the science and math) but a fun read regardless

Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

took me a while to actually review this. disclaimer that i didn’t know who lindsey ellis is beforehand and i still don’t really. 

the beginning was so incredibly slow i almost dropped it but finally got far enough for it to barely grab me, i did kind of like seeing the humans and aliens interact and struggle a bit with anthropomorphizing too much which is smth i find happens a lot in scifi without being addressed in universe. otherwise it kind of fell flat to me, i feel like it never really let me dive fully into it. while i understand the point of nils and his role in the story it almost felt pointless to me, but probably exists to build something up for future novels. still considering if i’ll read the rest of the series but leaning towards no

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

author is a zionist and apparently makes positive references to israel (didn’t get far enough but one mention of israel was enough to make me look it up) also apparently she plagiarized 

The Martian by Andy Weir
Did not finish book.

didn’t finish (in hs) bc i accidentally soaked my copy in water. would like to finish it at some point though bc i was enjoying it

The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.

might pick back up in future, library loan lapsed

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.