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The Closet #2 by James Tynion IV

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

Sometimes you need friends to rip the band off and tell you when you messing up. Messing up in any way of your life. However, you need to be honest with yourself and with your friends. Understanding that running away from your problems will not remove the problem. I am starting to think that the monster is a metaphor for something more insidious and that can impact the child lifelong. 
The Closet #3 by James Tynion IV

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challenging dark fast-paced

5.0

This comic continues to get more and more interesting. I wonder what will happen to this family and how the dynamic will further change the involvement in the child. 
The Closet #1 by James Tynion IV

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

This comic spoke to the fact that there are people who have children and MISS THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE (pop culture reference). If you children being neglected is extremely triggering for you, this is not the comic for you. The reason why I connected to this comic is because neglect looks differently. In society, we are taught that neglect is ONLY PHYSICAL. We as a society we think that abandonment is when someone or something leaves you, but we don't talk about abandonment of a person(s) in FRONT OF YOU. 

This book shinned light on different types of neglect and abandonment of a child who is having a hard time that is often over looked by stressed out and overwhelmed parents. 
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
Honestly, I am not interested in this comic series. 
A Familiar Sight by Brianna Labuskes

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Other than some technical psychology things that I was like "okkkkaay" to I really enjoyed this book. I've never read a book about a person with Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) who is working with law enforcement to solve crimes of people with possible APD. I do think the amount of times she referred to herself as having APD was a little bit of an overkill but the description of the story was delivered to the reader was top tier! Really enjoyed this book and I play to read the next book in the serious. 

I also love a mystery within a mystery and that's what was happening in this book. 
Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cash is seriously a woman after my own heart. She has been through so much adversity and stress. She is been removed from her community and is existing as a Native woman without the aid of her cultural community. She is cared for by this sheriff (law enforcement officer) and is trying to figure out what happened to a Native Man who was found dead in Fargo, ND. Listening to the audiobook was a great experience as I got to immerse myself in the reading experience of her and the sheriff try to figure out what happened and how she may or may not be connected. 
Malice by Keigo Higashino

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Malice is my favorite book of the author so far. I had some structural and storyline issues with the Devotion of Suspect X. This book was organized very well and the thoroughness of the detective to try to figure out how a famous writer died really pulled me in the story. This is a story that throws twists at you like like pokemon balls. This was a very well written and connected mystery for me. 
The Silver Coin, Vol. 1 by Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, Michael Walsh, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a really spooky comic book to me. I think the use of the silver coin and what it represented really scared me and reinforced some lessons about life. 
Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce

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adventurous challenging medium-paced

4.0

Briar book was so good. This one was a wrap up of all the lessons the kids learned and how it can be applied as adult. It also showed how grief can manifest itself and how we make decisions that can affect other people; but we must understand that those decisions may come with unwanted consequences. 
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This a MANDATORY READING! I plan on talking about this book compared with other books in a more nuanced way but this book was beautifully written and probably my favorite book of 2023.