robgoblyn's reviews
182 reviews

Emily Posts by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

3.0

Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah

3.0

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

3.75

Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 by Moshe Kasher

1.5

The more I think about this book, the less I like it. I didn't find it funny, but then again, I don't >love< cum jokes 🤷🏻‍♀️ or listening to people tell stories of times they were "sooo wasted dude!" I was hoping for some more insight into what it was like for him to be HIM and what inspired his turn-around

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Phoebe's Diary by Phoebe Wahl

4.0

Omg this book is EXACTLY like my high school diary and I loved being transported back to that more complicated and also simpler moment in life where nothing makes sense while you are trying to make sense of it all at once ❤️

Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

4.0

Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson

5.0

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

4.25

Thoroughly entertaining but took WAY too long to get to the steamy stuff! 
Bring on the sequel!

Taxi!: A Novel by Helen Potrebenko

dark funny inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Badass female socialist taxi driver works (mainly) downtown Vancouver in the early 70s. Published in 1975. 
Wow, the problems of the day were (mainly) the same as the problems of today. This actually made me feel better. Maybe in 50 years, the Earth won't be completely destroyed and uninhabitable...maybe it'll just be shitty and racist and sexist and capitalist, with violence and drug poisoning and meaningless wars 🤷🏼‍♀️ 
One can dream...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Xenophobia

Minor: Rape, Vomit, War