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emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Profanity, family estrangement, open door sex, anxiety
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the music on the audiobook is distracting
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry
Magic, religion, puritanism, christian religion, racism, witchcraft, violence, sexual harassment, illness, pregnancy, childbirth, medical content, racial slurs, abortion, death of parent/parental figure, politics, riot, gore, slavery, torture, animal cruelty, murder, captivity, forced outing, scarification, epidemic, public execution
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I liked the premise of this book more than the actual book.
Divorce ranch in the 1930’s for rich ladies- maybe some romance, maybe some comedy.
Having Ward, a ranch staffer, as the narrator kind of made it awkward, especially since the story is presented as Ward looking back on his time on the ranch decades later. Why is an elderly doctor spending so much time thinking about divorcees and their Spanish nun underwear and what they ate for breakfast? This book has a lot of banter-y dialogue, which doesn’t add much to the plot. There are a few moments where I truly laughed, but overall, this book was pretty mediocre.
CW: divorce as major theme, death of parents, sexual content, animal death, vomit, suicide mention, poverty, religion mention
Divorce ranch in the 1930’s for rich ladies- maybe some romance, maybe some comedy.
Having Ward, a ranch staffer, as the narrator kind of made it awkward, especially since the story is presented as Ward looking back on his time on the ranch decades later. Why is an elderly doctor spending so much time thinking about divorcees and their Spanish nun underwear and what they ate for breakfast? This book has a lot of banter-y dialogue, which doesn’t add much to the plot. There are a few moments where I truly laughed, but overall, this book was pretty mediocre.
CW: divorce as major theme, death of parents, sexual content, animal death, vomit, suicide mention, poverty, religion mention
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy
RELIGION
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity
Astrology, profanity, divorce, food descriptions, lots of drinking, lots of Harry Potter references,
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Grief
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Racial slurs
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking
Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent
PTSD, anxiety,
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was ok, but could have been better. It felt very " I'm not like other nerds" lol! I wish this book had focused more on the nerdy side of Sonny, more DND, more nerding out, more of that geek culture. Sonny is presented as an underdog, but nerd culture has changed a lot in the past 15-20 years. Nerds are no longer the subculture, it's celebrated! I liked Sonny and his family. I wanted more about his relationship with his brother.
Yoon uses the phrase "I threw my eyes" or some variation a LOT. It's not a big deal, just a writing pet peeve of mine.
CW: Family estrangement, sexual humor, gross-out humor, bullying, lying, teen drinking.
Yoon uses the phrase "I threw my eyes" or some variation a LOT. It's not a big deal, just a writing pet peeve of mine.
CW: Family estrangement, sexual humor, gross-out humor, bullying, lying, teen drinking.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don’t know what I was expecting when I went into this book, but it wasn’t this.
The omniscient 3rd person POV took a while to get used to, but then I was hooked. Late eighties +The Crucible + teen screwball comedy= gold.
This book is hilarious and weird, and oddly educational. Field hockey isn’t really a thing, where I live, so this book was like a crash course in the sport. I loved how inanimate objects became characters, “The Claw,” “La Splotche” and “Emilio.”
All around, solid sports/witchy comedy.
If you listen to the audiobook, like I did, however, the quality isn’t great. The narrator often sounded like she was chewing gum.
The omniscient 3rd person POV took a while to get used to, but then I was hooked. Late eighties +The Crucible + teen screwball comedy= gold.
This book is hilarious and weird, and oddly educational. Field hockey isn’t really a thing, where I live, so this book was like a crash course in the sport. I loved how inanimate objects became characters, “The Claw,” “La Splotche” and “Emilio.”
All around, solid sports/witchy comedy.
If you listen to the audiobook, like I did, however, the quality isn’t great. The narrator often sounded like she was chewing gum.
Content Warnings
I don’t know what I was expecting when I went into this book, but it wasn’t this.
The omniscient 3rd person POV took a while to get used to, but then I was hooked. Late eighties +The Crucible + teen screwball comedy= gold.
This book is hilarious and weird, and oddly educational. Field hockey isn’t really a thing, where I live, so this book was like a crash course in the sport. I loved how inanimate objects became characters, “The Claw,” “La Splotche” and “Emilio.”
All around, solid sports/witchy comedy.
If you listen to the audiobook, like I did, however, the quality isn’t great. The narrator often sounded like she was chewing gum.
CW: drugs, homophobia, religious theme, witchcraft, vomit, stalking, menstruation, racism, use of slurs, bigotry, teen smoking and drinking, sexual content, fat phobia/ diet culture, AIDS mention, masturbation, ouija board, teacher/student relationship, infidelity, divorce, teen pregnancy, sexual harassment and assault