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94 reviews
Sphinx by Anne Garréta
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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? Yes
5.0
“i was suffering as no one suffers anymore in this century; my sensibility was outmoded in the extreme”
my own love will remain baroque, painful at its peaks, insurmountable in it’s largeur
McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Scrawny little sailor thinks he’s the shit, dies as his mind swims in nothing but red liquor
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Self harm and Racial slurs
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Intensely personal, beautiful pressure on the dalmatian bruises caused by loving this world
Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
precise and perfect, not a word left un-perfumed, a prose blessed by this digging type of sensibility capable of transmitting dread more readily than anything I have ever read. the bees were everywhere and in everything, I have thought of swallowing many after this. the bones and the trees and the river were perfectly rebellious, and the Maraldina dwellers complete devil spawn. I cried for the river boys, for the prisoners. all the deaths I have ever called for have warped into a hive so as to hold the nectar of mercè rodoreda’s symbolisms about my soul, the honey for my desire.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Violence
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
awful and arresting. the divides we uphold and sacrifices we make to keep pain silent within our families are dark and scary and life ruining.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Child abuse
Sunburn by Laura Lippman
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
challenging
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
a jaunt through europe’s performative politics of the roaring twenties, the doctor a con, the Baron a con, Robin, the original sapphic heartbreaker, and their world a concoction of oyster like opulence and overt self-importance, all of it so wet and gross and shiny.
dogmas for days, save the rapture of xenophobic ramblings, in a period where a mentor and an American were synonymous; the prose is voluptuous. The narrator provides the very thing I love from a novel : decadent visuals, observable and dynamic characters, scenes so beautiful they are literally pressing on the page, drawing fire.
The Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.25
I love that people like Edward Wilson have taken the time to delve into the humanitarian aspects of Biology, as it is everso present in its students. The roots and connections between creative expression and evolution are in fact abundant.