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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
3.5
I wish I had gotten the audiobook instead of reading it physically. It becomes a bit monotonous, and I think Wong's voice would've helped. My favorite parts were her writing about her relationship with her mother, you could so easily feel her frustrations through the text.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
I prefered the first half over the second half which I felt dragged for a while. The perspective of the book wasn't really what I expected, but I enjoyed Krakauer's writing style and the narration of the audiobook was great too!
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-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? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
Kohinoor: The Story of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple
challenging
informative
slow-paced
2.5
The story is really fascinating, but the writing style couldn't hold my attention. Part 2 was better, but by then I felt I had skimmed so much of part 1 that I was no longer keeping up with the information. I think I'll try it again someday in audio form
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
There parts of the story that focuses on the Garden and Dickon, I though were really sweet and great. But the first third is just full of so much racism, both in amount and degree, that I considered dnf'ing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Flaskepost fra P by Jussi Adler-Olsen
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Car accident
Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Rape
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
***spoilers***
His wife tries to take her life and the text is just him justifying that If she doesn't make it, he at least tried. And it also takes time to make it VERY CLEAR he DOESN'T love her. And then he's upset with her for abandoning their children, when he's basically done so himself, though without having any reason too???
And he's a negligent parent, but blames his wife for being one as well??? "He never got used to being a parent" YOUR KIDS ARE SEVEN YEARS OLD.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
I only got through the prologue before deciding I was done with this book, and thus, the series. It is possibly, the worst introduction to a romantic lead I've ever read in a romance novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness
Georgs magiske medisin by Roald Dahl
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0