pathological_reader's Reviews (842)

The Way Forward

Yung Pueblo

4.5

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

Requeening: Poems

Amanda Moore

4.25

inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life

Doug Bock Clark

3.0

adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced

After the Hurricane

Leah Franqui

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

Island Rule: Stories

Katie M. Flynn

4.5

informative lighthearted medium-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: Complicated

The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

Diana Helmuth

4.0

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

The Arc

Tory Henwood Hoen

4.0

challenging emotional medium-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: Yes

To Fill a Yellow House

Sussie Anie

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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: Complicated

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

5.0

challenging hopeful informative 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: Complicated

Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

Sonia Patel, Anna Drury, Karen Jialu Bao, Rocky Callen, Val Howlett, Mercedes Acosta, Nikki Grimes, Alechia Dow, Ebony Stewart, Patrick Downes, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, Francisco X. Stork, Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Isabel Quintero, James Bird, Marcella Pixley

4.5

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated