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The Right Move by Liz Tomforde

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

4.0

This is my first attempt at getting off my reading slump 😭😭👎


This book made me want to have kids. I mean not really, but it did made me realize I am a bit of a nurturer, the romance was so well written I was actually kicking my feet and giggling.

 I read so much romance last year I was staring to hate it a little bit but this year I’ve been saving them for emergencies (my depressive episodes) and they’re hitting as hard as they used to, so I’ll take my win.

 I will definitely read the fist book in the series and I’m looking forward to the release of the third!!!
Nefando by Mónica Ojeda

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Monica Ojeda tiene el talento de poner las situaciones mas tétricas y extremistas posibles y hacerme sentir como que soy una intrusa en la historia. Me parece muy curiosa la exploración del trauma de manera explotativa.

 Nefando en mi opinión es una manera de explorar el trauma de estos tres hermanos. Es el equivalente tétrico y asqueroso de escribir un memoir. Ellos crearon el juego para ellos mismos y decidieron que era lo suficientemente grotesco e importante para dejar que más gente viera lo que pasaron. 

¿Es exponer a gente del internet a pornografia infantil la manera más sana de superar el trauma? Not really, pero al mismo tiempo me parece un movimiento de poder. La creación del juego fue su manera de tragarse a su padre, su forma de quitarle su autoridad. 

La única razón por la que no le doy 5 estrellas es porque siento que los personajes deberían tener más historia y voz si son ellos los que cuentan la historia. En caso por ejemplo de Ivan que sabíamos que estaba sufriendo de disforia de genero y aún así no se exploró o aportó nada a la historia en general. 

En fin, sé que Nefando se publicó antes que Mandíbula y creo que al comparar ambas novelas se puede observar un gran avance y crecimiento en la voz de Ojeda. 

Can’t wait to read La Historia de La Leche :)

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Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

 This book played with me HARD. 

Some poems made me quite literally tear up while others felt Rupi Kaur-esque so to say I got literary whiplash from this collection is an understatement. Overall I think the words were beautiful and encapsulated the author’s experience very compellingly, I just wish it had gone through some more editing to filter out the filler. When I talk about the filler I mean poems like “Sharp”, they take away from the ones like “Birthing children not her own” and “Trans-panic”. 

Still I think it was pretty accessible and an enjoyable (as enjoyable as trauma can be) and important read.

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Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

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4.0

I hate capitalism and I hate the police.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Second Place by Rachel Cusk

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

4.0

I mean… white men ARE the devil so, she kinda has a point.
Nosotras que nos queremos tanto by Marcela Serrano

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
Tal vez lo continúe en el futuro, pero es que no entendía nada de las referencias políticas y me sacaba de la narrativa a cada rato. Pase todo el mes intentando leerlo pero no se me daba, ademas el lenguaje que usa Serrano se siente medio mecánico(?) necesito primero leer algo de historia Chilena y luego ya lo levanto de nuevo.