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Primer by Thomas Krajewski, Jennifer Muro

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Why We Live Where We Live by Kira Vermond

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informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

Aposimz, Volume 2 by Tsutomu Nihei

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adventurous dark fast-paced

3.75

Aposimz, Volume 1 by Tsutomu Nihei

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

No Kidding by VĂ©ro Cazot

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fast-paced

2.75

I feel like there were a lot of misconceptions and generalizations and even some bizarre medical advice. (Medical advice given by one of the character's doctors that is totally wrong, but honestly many women do get crap advice about sexual health from their doctors so it isn't outside the realm of possibility.) It was like all the the stereotypical shallow level arguments about choosing not to have kids and being pro-choice without a lot of deeper looks at any one idea. Interesting, albeit occasionally perplexing to me, viewpoints and rationalizations and not enough statement of "your reproductive life is not up for other people's judgement and we make the best choices for us." Art style is very cute. Topics covered are very important. It just maybe feels like it doesn't bring anything original or especially insightful to the conversation except adding artwork. I understand how it can be comforting and enlightening for others so definitely one to check out if this is a topic that is important to you, but for me it just fell a little short from what I was hoping it would be.

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All Fours by Miranda July

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
Zero humorous. Just sad and uncomfortable. I kept waiting for it to be even a little funny or amusing, but all it was was dissatisfied woman acting unhinged plus cheating and maybe I just don't get it, it clearly isn't for me, I'm not wasting more time on it. 

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Astronomy 2 by Blair H. Lee

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informative slow-paced

3.75