rhaeyyan's reviews
100 reviews

The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book answers the question, "what if Steve Jobs was a Indian Dalit?" But also much deeper than that. I had a hard time following a lot of the character moments but the book is extremely well written, it and lavishes in the abstractions of identity, caste (and class), the immigrant experience.

In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

The Fetishist by Katherine Min

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

There's a lot to like this this book, I enjoyed the prose and the small details that made the world feel vivid.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It's a soul crushing book that I think we all should read especially if our school systems did not allow us to learn these things.

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It was 400 pages too long. 

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy by Joseph E. Stiglitz

4.0

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

5.0