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Message Not Found by Dante Medema
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
Cheating
The Silver Eyes by Kira Breed-Wrisley, Scott Cawthon
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Hunt Me! (I Crave the Chase) by Fae Quin
4.0
It was a lot smuttier than I expected, and a whole lot less twilight. Was a good story with enjoyable characters, I can't decide if I prefer this couple or Richard and Blair. Currently I think Jeffery and Mutt simply cause Mutt was a breath of fresh air to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher
4.0
Definitely kept things interesting as the story progressed, you could tell the author did their research when writing this novel. I enjoyed the fungus and Angus.
Flawless by Elsie Silver
3.0
It was an interesting story. I predicted some of the main plot points around midway through, but I still enjoyed reading them. Both Rhett and Summer were good MCs. They had different views on things but slowly learned to understand and work together.
I am curious who the characters are for the other books. I have a feeling it's Rhett's two brothers (as they are both single, I think), maybe Rhett's dad (something said about Summer's friend is making me think that), and maybe Jasper. There are five books, so... I don't know. I'll probably look to see if I am right.
I am curious who the characters are for the other books. I have a feeling it's Rhett's two brothers (as they are both single, I think), maybe Rhett's dad (something said about Summer's friend is making me think that), and maybe Jasper. There are five books, so... I don't know. I'll probably look to see if I am right.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson, Angelika Eisold-Viebig
1.25
I found some useful parts in this book but it does kind of reek of a non-trans author writing a story of transgender folk. Looking back on it without the rose-tinted glasses (and only being newly out and not knowing the transphobic tropes) there were some transphobic parts in this with how Leo and Kate spoke to each other and were treated. I feel wronged as I did enjoy the story till I thought back on it and all of these things that had gone over my head I noticed. I also read this book fully thinking Leo was 15 and Kate was 12-14 as uhh we don't do years in Scotland so now realising their actual ages, Kate being 15-16 and Leo being like 17 (the comment about going off the hormone blockers soon now make to sense to me), I think the characters are quite immature at times. I know Kate is supposed to 'get Leo to lower his walls' but geez if I knew this kid in person I would have told them to f off.
Kate is a girl who uses she/her pronouns, not longs to be one. I don't like how she is still called David by everyone who knows that she is transgender even more by Leo who is also transgender (which was an annoying plot twist)? Why is she only called her chosen name and she/her pronouns at the end? Why was Leo only calling Kate her chosen name and pronouns when she was wearing the dress? Why was it needed to have all the outings (both characters were outed against their wills) and the transphobia?
"How do you fit in, when you were born to stand out?" Can you shut up? I hate this saying, I just want to be accepted for who I am.
She claims in the forward she has worked with the GIDS (Gender Identity Development Service) for the NHS for two years acting as the team's admin and seen hundreds of cases so this shouldn't have been as bad as it was. I understand this may have helped some (it helped me a slight bit) but still. This is not good enough. I picked this up wanting to find a story that I could resonate with and find helpful in my own journey and instead, I feel icky. I ended up finding the 'Help & Support' section more useful even though it excludes to point out that one of the places it points out is exclusive to Sussex.
Kate is a girl who uses she/her pronouns, not longs to be one. I don't like how she is still called David by everyone who knows that she is transgender even more by Leo who is also transgender (which was an annoying plot twist)? Why is she only called her chosen name and she/her pronouns at the end? Why was Leo only calling Kate her chosen name and pronouns when she was wearing the dress? Why was it needed to have all the outings (both characters were outed against their wills) and the transphobia?
"How do you fit in, when you were born to stand out?" Can you shut up? I hate this saying, I just want to be accepted for who I am.
She claims in the forward she has worked with the GIDS (Gender Identity Development Service) for the NHS for two years acting as the team's admin and seen hundreds of cases so this shouldn't have been as bad as it was. I understand this may have helped some (it helped me a slight bit) but still. This is not good enough. I picked this up wanting to find a story that I could resonate with and find helpful in my own journey and instead, I feel icky. I ended up finding the 'Help & Support' section more useful even though it excludes to point out that one of the places it points out is exclusive to Sussex.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, and Outing
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The book definitely has some interesting plots and themes, and I felt the plot twists made sense and were well done. I managed to figure out a few of them before they were revealed, so those felt good to experience. I like how the 'magic' system is explained for the most part and the culture of this world with the Tithing festivals and bone shard magic (even if I am curious why it's only bones from the skull, but I may have accidentally missed that part while reading).
The characters were all very interesting to me except maybe one or two, even if I felt that five main POV characters were a bit too much. I would have personally preferred having either Phalue or Ramani not having POV chapters, as I felt they just took up space that could have been better used elsewhere. Having them be in a relationship is definitely interesting. Still, it just made me really dislike Ramani as a character due to how she treats Phalue. I just did not see any connection between them from Ramani's POV chapters. Sand, I just was not interested in, they brought interesting concepts but they felt a bit disjointed with the rest of the book, even more so with the ending of their arc.
This book definitely holds up as a standalone (excluding some minor things). I always prefer a book in a series that can be enjoyed just as a standalone and not have to rely on the other books in the series to have a complete plot.
The characters were all very interesting to me except maybe one or two, even if I felt that five main POV characters were a bit too much. I would have personally preferred having either Phalue or Ramani not having POV chapters, as I felt they just took up space that could have been better used elsewhere. Having them be in a relationship is definitely interesting. Still, it just made me really dislike Ramani as a character due to how she treats Phalue. I just did not see any connection between them from Ramani's POV chapters. Sand, I just was not interested in, they brought interesting concepts but they felt a bit disjointed with the rest of the book, even more so with the ending of their arc.
This book definitely holds up as a standalone (excluding some minor things). I always prefer a book in a series that can be enjoyed just as a standalone and not have to rely on the other books in the series to have a complete plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War
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