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216 reviews

Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

a man gets his consciousness stuck in slack and YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT !


happy pride ! love this existential horror

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

challenging informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

very well done and researched. also incredibly gratifying to read about how misogynist hate groups use irony and humor to lure/recruit young men bc I KNEW IT !!!!! 

loved the chapter on men who don’t know they hate women cause woah !

not 5 starts bc i hate reading about the guinea worm :/ 

a heavy read but i really appreciate the solutions discussed

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

so beautifully written. made me want to fall in love with my best friend. this text felt like a warm hug/understanding embrace.

I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

idk how to feel but all i’m gonna say is this is what ottessa moshfegh THINKS she’s doing

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

this took me a really long time to read but it was super interesting— love the doppleganger framework for understanding our world/history/politics 

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

WOAH !!

i was apprehensive about the footnotes at first but then the author mentioned George Hinney Jr and i was like “Damn 😔”

this is so well done— i didn’t know abolitionist fiction even existed! 

i don’t normally read dystopian works (which to me really speaks to the talent of the author)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

OKAY i was gooped and gagged at the ending !!!!! but miss christie is probably a bigot or smth so 3.5 stars

def entertaining and a nice distraction from reality 

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

gooped and gagged. this is so well written and so much research went into this!!!!! 

when the story went to first person i was shocked !!! many gasps were audible 

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

this book reminded me i’m alive and why i do the research i do and the ethics and questions of conducting research and trying to document experiences.

this is so so beautiful, i feel
i experienced each narrator as the author did— i felt as though i was in the room. the orality of each excerpt comes through so clearly.

it so beautiful to hear people describe themselves in their words.

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

adventurous challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.5

as a Texan this was so so fascinating to read— although everyone on planet earth will gain something from this

this book also deeply reminded me of the reckoning of history and the environment due to climate change!!

overall so eye opening and a little frightening to read