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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
adventurous
inspiring
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? No
5.0
amazing! a great sequel to legendborn!!
i love how tracy deonn handled bree’s connection with her ancestors with rootcraft and her struggle with controlling it. it reminds me a lot of growing up with a spiritual mother, but not understanding anything she did.
this series really is for all the black girls who love fantasy 💗 read it!!
i love how tracy deonn handled bree’s connection with her ancestors with rootcraft and her struggle with controlling it. it reminds me a lot of growing up with a spiritual mother, but not understanding anything she did.
this series really is for all the black girls who love fantasy 💗 read it!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent
Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, War
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Medical content
Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I don’t usually read sports books, as I’ve never really cared for sports outside of track, but I decided to give this one a go. As my first sports fiction book, I think it did a good job.
The book is about an Ojibwe teenager named Tre Braun, whose older brother died in a car accident a year ago. As a way to keep his memory going, he invests his time into playing basketball and eventually works his way up the basketball ranks. His main goal is for his high school team to make it to the state championship, as they would be first Native team to do so.
I was a bit surprised at how enjoyable this book was. While it does mainly focus on basketball, there’s plenty of moments where it focuses on Tre’s life as a teenager on a reservation. It was quite a refresher to go from tense basketball games to Tre dealing with average teenage things. Dealing with the grief of losing his brother, romance, parties.
Though, there was only one subplot I felt was unnecessary. While I do love Khiana, I feel her heavy presence in the first half of the book was a bit unnecessary. She pretty much only existed to be Tre’s love interest, and once that wasn’t happening she very quickly became a background character. And I feel having Tre fall out with Wes over Khiana could’ve been removed from the story and nothing would’ve changed. Wes would still do his documentary clips, and he’d still contact Slam Magazine.
Overall, I’m giving this book four stars. Despite not knowing any basketball terms while reading this book, it wasn’t hard to figure out the general gist of things. Decent plot, enjoyable writing style, and characters I adore give this a solid rating in my book. <3
The book is about an Ojibwe teenager named Tre Braun, whose older brother died in a car accident a year ago. As a way to keep his memory going, he invests his time into playing basketball and eventually works his way up the basketball ranks. His main goal is for his high school team to make it to the state championship, as they would be first Native team to do so.
I was a bit surprised at how enjoyable this book was. While it does mainly focus on basketball, there’s plenty of moments where it focuses on Tre’s life as a teenager on a reservation. It was quite a refresher to go from tense basketball games to Tre dealing with average teenage things. Dealing with the grief of losing his brother, romance, parties.
Overall, I’m giving this book four stars. Despite not knowing any basketball terms while reading this book, it wasn’t hard to figure out the general gist of things. Decent plot, enjoyable writing style, and characters I adore give this a solid rating in my book. <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Grief
Moderate: Racism
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth
challenging
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Sexism
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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? No
2.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore
Minor: Medical content
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 47%.
felt like it was going nowhere. there are so many subplots going on that the main plot, the main concept we were introduced to in the atlas six was just lost.
very disappointing, i wish it lived up to the concept :(
very disappointing, i wish it lived up to the concept :(
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.
it was just a yap fest tbh
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry
Minor: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Classism
A Dirty War by Anna Politkovskaya
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
couldnt get invested into it. will return to it one day :(
The Symposium by Plato
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
i should have listened when they said read it in one sitting :( i started it a month ago then stopped and came back to it, and it was so confusing i didnt want to re read the entire thing tho.
will come back when im more prepared <3
will come back when im more prepared <3