issyd23's reviews
130 reviews

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Fuck I love John Green. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed 5⭐️ 

Feels ironic rating this book which is a memoir told through short essays rating various things. Highlights include ‘you’ll never walk alone’ about his love for Liverpool and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

NB why is JG a Ringo Starr hater? He is the coolest and least problematic Beatle 😭 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg

Go to review page

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Heatwaves been fakin me out - the book 3💀 

Very informative and includes a diverse array of voices from academics, indigenous peoples and activists from the Global South - a must read for anyone wanting to arm themselves with info about the climate crisis. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Did not expect there to be so much rowing exposition. The perfect book for an ex-high school rower and chem student 3🚣‍♀️ 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

2.0

I wonder how the Cumberbitches are dealing with Barbados suing his family over slavery reparations 2🐧

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Maali a bad bitch that came from Sri Lanka 3👻

Giving major Cantik itu luka/Beauty is a wound vibes: magical realism at the height of violence of the civil war. 

A must read for anyone wanting to know more about one of the bloodiest civil wars of the 20th century.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

THIS BOOK IS CAMP!!! 1🌸

I feel bad for hating/ridiculing this book b/c the content is heavy and the Note from the author is genuinely moving…but:
  • the protagonist is a florist
  • the onesie party
  • THE ELLEN DEGENERES DIARIES 😭

Would it kill Colleen Hoover to give a character a normal name?
  • lily blooming bloom
  • Ryle Kincaid 
  • Atlas corrigan 
  • Dory!?

Okay. Since we’re on the subject… the first guy I ever had sex with was homeless.

Ellen, I am confident that the next sentence I am about to write has never been written or spoken aloud before.
When he was wiping that cow shit on me, it was quite possibly the most turned-on I have ever been.

Now go get my baby and take her away from here so I can have some sex with my filthy rich husband.

TLDR: my Colleen Hoover curiosity ends with this book. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Making a Scene by Constance Wu

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Best book I’ve read this year 5🎭

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Go to review page

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Less of the sister, more of the sex 3📚

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Basically Percy Jackson but for adults 3⚡️

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

The bitch is back! Hoping Ash Barty reads this and comes out of retirement 🙏 4🪓

Expand filter menu Content Warnings