vivvs's reviews
35 reviews

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

such a powerful story, writing wasn't my fav ever hence why not a full 5 star but so so moving. i love u peaches my bbg

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

ending was so good i added a whole other star

love the ambiguity of like, everything baldwin wrote

Passing by Nella Larsen

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

interesting, especially with the homoerotic subtext

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

went in knowing nothing about it besides the back blurb and that i liked the author: i BODIED this book man (finished it in under 7 hours, i think)

not as meaningful for me as station eleven and i wasn’t as invested in the plot as i was the characters, but i’m not mad about it. a solid read

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

the greatest modern love story ever written

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

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

0.25

god how awful

The Bell Jar (Modern Classics) by Sylvia Plath, Harper Perennial Modern Classics by Sylvia Plath

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

i am i am i am

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

dark funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

and so it goes

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Severance by Ling Ma

emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

after consuming a lot of pandemic media since covid 19, this has been the most hope filled and fulfilling read. 

cannot get over the lack of quotation marks though good god i know it’s stylistic but i just didn’t like it