solaria's reviews
60 reviews

The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

A bit too simple and lacks real critical evaluation of her experiences. 

Four Leaf by Lumaga

funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

The poem “The Inevitable Pandemic Poem” felt a bit out of place thematically but otherwise this was fantastic. Will reread. 

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

4.5

i love you ocean vuong

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

why didn’t carrie soto intervene and stop princess diana from dying

Gigorou: It's time to reclaim beauty. First Nations wisdom and womanhood by Sasha Kutabah Sarago

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

2.0

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

this sucked man 

i wish i had stopped reading within the first 100 pages it would’ve saved me a lot of time and eye rolls at how many fucking tropes and macguffins were stuffed into this thing