twhittie's reviews
497 reviews

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal by Bettina L. Love

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

Too many characters to keep track of. Because there were so many and so many narrations I don’t feel like I connected with any of them.

You Will Find Your People by Lane Moore

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

2.5

Didn’t meet my expectations, which was more emotional tools and ideas to find connections with people in your life. Felt like too many stories about her toxic friendships.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

5.0

The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat

1.0