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496 reviews

Buff Soul by Moa Romanova

dark emotional funny medium-paced

3.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc. 

It was fun being reunited with Shitkid and the Melvins again and seeing how LA treated them (and how they treated LA). Moa’s depiction of the past blending into the present felt were handled so beautifully. I really enjoyed the message at the end too because it means I also have a buff soul. 
One criticism is the white lettering used which kept changing back and forth, it made it very hard to read digitally so hopefully the final version doesn’t use this to make it more accessible.

Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto

funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

The Aeneid by Virgil

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

Spinning by Tillie Walden

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe, Erica Harrison

fast-paced

3.0

The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping by Samantha Harvey

dark reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

As someone who has suffered with insomnia in the past, as well as more recently, it was like Samantha Harvey scooped out my brain and laid it all out to me. Never has a book been more relatable with how I think about life and death. 

Not Waving but Drowning and Other Poems by Stevie Smith

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75