Take a photo of a barcode or cover
masha_and_the_cat's reviews
372 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Grief
Minor: Car accident
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
- 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
4.25
The writing flows like honey, and the complexities of issues from internalised homophobia to post-natal depression are handled with grace and compassion.
This is also the first book I've ever read with a protagonist from Antigua and Barbuda, and I really appreciated the insight into this rich, vibrant culture.
Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Hate crime, Incest, Sexual content, Murder, and Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, and War
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I actually liked the feverishly fragmented sentences - they were well-suited to the story of a mind struggling with itself and society.
The racist descriptions of the Black poet were extremely off-putting, though. I realise that the book is over a century old, but there was never a time when a Black character needed to be defined by their "n**** lips".
4.25
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0