shhmamaisreading's reviews
17 reviews

The Waves Take You Home by María Alejandra Barrios Vélez

emotional inspiring 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

3.5

Owning Our Struggles: A Path to Healing and Finding Community in a Broken World by Minaa B.

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

Spirit Agents | Operation: Downfall by Chance Alexander, Chance Alexander

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Altogether Different: A Memoir About Identity, Inheritance, and the Raid That Started the Civil War by Brianna Wheeler

inspiring slow-paced

2.5

Butterfly Awakens by Meg Nocero, Meg Nocero

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5