sometimes_i_write_things's Reviews (207)

The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

Casper ter Kuile

4.0

hopeful informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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exactly what I needed

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Talia Hibbert

4.25

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

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this had me giggling and kicking my feet n shit 

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Talia Hibbert

4.25

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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

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this book truly did me in 

Babel

R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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anticolonial Harry Potter in an AP Linguistics class but like way better

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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yeah this was a doozy 

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

3.25

mysterious reflective 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: No

Educated

Tara Westover

4.25

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Two Tribes

Emily Bowen Cohen

3.25

emotional informative reflective 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

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

3.75

dark funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce

Cynthia Copeland

4.0

funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced