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The Cave Dwellers by Christina McDowell
dark
emotional
reflective
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
3.75
gossip girl meets my minor in social and economic justice
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
3.75
This book was slightly dissatisfying and I don’t know why.
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Sally Rooney writes books for Phoebe Bridgers mentally ill bisexual girlies. So obvi I connected 🤪 an exploration on ‘modern-love’ but what does it mean about modern love with the best friend/ love interest is an awful friend and the love interest/ sexy older friend clearly is not meeting our protag’s needs/wants in the relationship? And then what you want to happen at the end is for her to say fuck it to them both and realize that she deserves to have her needs met in all kinds of relationships, but instead she just gets back with them both which is I believe supposed to be our conclusion with this book that love is complicated and messy and layered but I like our main character very much and I care about her mental health and I feel like she settles in the end .
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Medical content
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
bought this in a time where i thought i liked pretentious books but it’s a little too pretentious for me and i don’t really care about what’s happening
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I loved the first book in her series, but this one didn’t grab me. There were a lot of pieces to the mystery that got confusing, I didn’t really care about the characters like I did in Postmordem, and I was frustrated by the “romantic” relationship, which is really phoned in and convenient. Hopefully not indicative of the rest of the series, and these are quick enough to read that, yeah, i’m going to keep going, but eh.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
cannot stop thinking about it
Little Gods by Meng Jin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.
idk i just don’t think i’m in the right headspace for it right now
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.75
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) by Robert Lacey
informative
medium-paced
4.0
in my british monarchy era i fear
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This is a realllly good book. I honestly didn’t except to love it as much as I did because it’s kind of one of those mass printed books where the author has a billion copies of each book in every used book store, but… it’s good. I love that the author is actually a forensic scientist and that the book is steeped in science!!!!! I however didn’t really like the ending and I thought that the ending might happen from early on in the book and I was like I hope that doesn’t happen in the ending and it did so…