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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The Anne Frank stuff was really weird, bordering on antisemitic. Like wdym a magician went back in time and saved Anne Frank from dying in the camps and then she had a baby with a catholic priest. What the fuck.
Other than that, it was an interesting storytelling device but I’m still not really sure what the story was. It was well written but the obits didn’t feel like obits tbh and it was so all over the place that I couldn’t even always connect the people to previous chapters.
Other than that, it was an interesting storytelling device but I’m still not really sure what the story was. It was well written but the obits didn’t feel like obits tbh and it was so all over the place that I couldn’t even always connect the people to previous chapters.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Abortion
Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The two incest plotlines were a bit much for me. Otherwise a good book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
God Winked: Tales and Lessons from my Spiritual Adventures by Sara Yoheved Rigler
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
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
4.0