pathological_reader's Reviews (841)

The Change

Kirsten Miller

4.5

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A Dark and Secret Magic

Wallis Kinney

4.25

informative lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

4.5

challenging informative 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: No

A Race to the Bottom of Crazy: Dispatches from Arizona

Richard Grant

4.25

challenging informative medium-paced

A Renaissance of Our Own

Rachel E. Cargle

5.0

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Silence Is My Mother Tongue

Sulaiman Addonia

4.25

reflective sad 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: Complicated

Billie Starr's Book of Sorries

Deborah E. Kennedy

3.25

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Colored Television

Danzy Senna

4.75

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

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

5.0

informative reflective medium-paced

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Yrsa Daley-Ward

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced