notsobinaryart's Reviews (163)

Stargazing

Jen Wang

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Medical content, Classism

Minor: Racism, Grief

Frizzy

Claribel A. Ortega

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Death of parent

This Time It's Real

Ann Liang

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Racism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Alcohol

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

Chencia C. Higgins

4.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Outing, Alcohol

Spoiler Alert

Olivia Dade

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

The Neighbor Favor

Kristina Forest

4.75

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Sexism

Beyond the Gender Binary

Alok Vaid-Menon

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

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got distracted with other books and didn’t finish before library loan was up

A Merry Little Meet Cute

Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

4.25

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

One to Watch

Kate Stayman-London

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment