prichard's reviews
24 reviews

Mojo by Jez Butterworth

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Bad to Worse by Robert Edeson

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

4.0

Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking by Tyson Yunkaporta

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Shy by Max Porter

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Sexual violence