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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis by Dean Spade
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza by Didier Fassin
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde, Tracy K. Smith
informative
slow-paced
2.0
I feel bad for not liking this, it's a very worthy subject and Audre Lorde is important; I think effectively I felt miss-sold: this is not Audre Lorde's cancer journals - there are *very* brief extracts from her journals which are the highlights of the book, but the majority is after the fact philosophising on the subject with the journals as a vague jumping off point, like a scientific write up of more interesting field notes with all the emotion excised. The language is also very flowery and, possibly the irony poisoning speaking, unbearably earnest.
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Of the Flesh by Susan Barker, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Mariana Enríquez, Emilia Hart, Bridget Collins, Lionel Shriver, Robert Lautner, J. K. Chukwu, Michel Faber, Evie Wyld, James Smythe, Lewis Hancox, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Louisa Young, Ainslie Hogarth, Lucy Rose
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
An inevitably mixed bag, with the highlights being Fight, Flight, Freeze by Susan Barker, Daisies by Mariana Enriquez and The Smiling African Uncle by Adorah Nworah.