sierraaahlynn's reviews
183 reviews

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

5.0

Grady, you sly dog.

Animal Farm by George Orwell

4.0

The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin

4.0

4.5 stars. The plot is steady with a very melancholic narrator. The premise is subtle and made it relaxing to read. I appreciate a book about feeling foreign among your own family.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Maybe I’ll finish it, but maybe I won’t

Musical Tables: Poems by Billy Collins

3.0

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

5.0

Atonement by Ian McEwan

5.0

Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão

4.0

3.5 stars. Initially found it cliché, but then I tried to dismiss the mentality that women writing about heartbreak has to be “bad” or “corny.” I appreciated the brief immersion into the author’s mind, and that she advocates for giving yourself over to spontaneity and simplicity.
“The best thing I can ever do for myself is take my time.” was my favorite line but I didn’t like the font the entire book is written in. SORRY.

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

5.0

This book is a little uncomfortable but in a way that’s important. It heavily emphasizes the paradoxical nature of mental illness. The narrator is a neurotic narcissist who deeply despises himself.

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3.0