smiley_ari's reviews
119 reviews

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed every second of this book! I came for the poly vampire romance and stayed for the vampire biology 🧫🧬 It’s like it was written for me. 
My favorite aspect of this book were the characters. Every single character was fleshed out and had compelling back stories and motivations. 
It’s an extremely easy read and super face paced. I’m sad I’ll have to wait for April to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gore, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Body horror

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, and Genocide

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This was so good! Super informative and eye opening. This definitely helped me see a lot of the myths I unconsciously believed were true. The recounts of slavery and the horrors black women in particular truly gave be a better understanding of the horrors my ancestors went through. Unsurprisingly I never learned this in my history books in school. 

A great book that everyone should be required to read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child abuse, Slavery, Violence, Racism, and Torture

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

To quote Peter Griffin: “it insists upon itself”

It was a pretty good book but I would have had more fun reading a greek tragedy or like, Hamlet. The reason being: i could not stand the characters so when the plot focused on something like romance i absolutely could not bring myself to care about it, and it fell flat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

American Queen by Sierra Simone
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

She’s 17 and he’s 26…. Yeah no thank you I’m good 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia