sasuke's Reviews (152)

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Book that I’ll think about for the rest of my life, probably.

Astral Season, Beastly Season

Tahi Saihate

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Stalking, Murder

Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet

Tim Hwang

3.0

informative slow-paced

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Interesting argument and informative overall but rather repetitive, which made it a bit tedious to read.

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

If I Had Your Face

Frances Cha

4.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

DID NOT FINISH: 66%

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This book fucking sucks and fills me with rage lol 

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

4.0

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Strange Beasts of China

Yan Ge

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

The Hole

Hiroko Oyamada

4.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No