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292 reviews

The Four-Chambered Heart: V3 in Nin's Continuous Novel by Anaïs Nin

emotional reflective

4.75

Jesus Christ, Anaïs Nin deliver me!!! Slick, revelatory without being maudlin, lyrical. RIP Anaïs you would’ve loved river by Joni Mitchell

Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

I will try not to be completely backhanded when I say this: even when the writing and genre are definitively NOT for me, The Cathartic Moment will always manage to make me a little weepy. 

Also learning that when other readers describe a book as “not your typical romance” they mean exactly your typical romance but with very overt childhood trauma and sometimes less sex

Blackouts by Justin Torres

reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Exquisite. Completely surrendered to the labyrinth of this novel until its climax. Profoundly moved. What a first book. 

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

2.0

Woof

Coventry by Rachel Cusk

informative reflective

3.75

The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón

4.25

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

emotional mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

informative

4.0

Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman

challenging mysterious sad

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

4.25