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Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
lovely, dont know why i expected anything but devastation from fujimoto ;_; my mistake;_;
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
so interesting ! seeped in irony n still manages to feel earnest(part one especially), going 2 sound like a broken record but the form..all the variation .. melding together into something that feels so! so cohesive, microcosm of violence and discourses on violence and violence in discourse and and ! :O
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Rape, and Classism
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Animal death and Genocide
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
sartre would've loved girlposting on Tumblr
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia and Racial slurs
Moderate: Sexism and Suicidal thoughts
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
aaahso torn on this one ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡
luv it thematically nd it feels so different from what im used to with him! but also soo consistent(u know..with the murakami stuff .. . ) nd the way he builds his worlds so they feel just slightly unrecognizable, just didnt ever rly feel like it was digging under the surface which is strange for a character study! might've been the writing taking me out of it :c
add it to the pile of is that a character or is murakami just like that
luv it thematically nd it feels so different from what im used to with him! but also soo consistent(u know..with the murakami stuff .. . ) nd the way he builds his worlds so they feel just slightly unrecognizable, just didnt ever rly feel like it was digging under the surface which is strange for a character study! might've been the writing taking me out of it :c
add it to the pile of is that a character or is murakami just like that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Murder
The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
trying 2 be kind but, :t least favorite combo of straight and true crime in one, everyone is masculine or sexy or perfectly a type (rly feel like that only works for me in noir), reminds me of people who would say they have a "favorite murder" they would lovveeee this, so teeny bit strange !
this many stars bc i think this could've been vry good if it leaned into the house and beth without trying to do e v e r y t h i ng, an essay on memory and home and family and ghosts, but that would b a different book !
this many stars bc i think this could've been vry good if it leaned into the house and beth without trying to do e v e r y t h i ng, an essay on memory and home and family and ghosts, but that would b a different book !
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Rape
Stoner by John Williams
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
the decline is so gradual i almost forgot i was watching it happen until those small moments of irreversible change .. marking a loss of a past that could never be retrieved even while we r still even in it(wanted to climb into the book n get it back it for them,, especially for grace), felt like i saw his life divide into moments of befores and afters..the way it all ,falls away, just feels so completely insignificant in the end...but there is so much tranquility and reassurance in it all, love love love
intro to the book has a quote from Williams calling stoner a hero(whole intro conflicted with my experience of the book rly whsgdhwhw). i don't think i pity him despite wishing everyone involved had a chance at something Better, or more, but i think it's so interesting how his endurance and firmness to himself—which i think is felt most with how he never seems to outgrow himself, he's just always the stoner thinking of the university as a thing beyond himself, masters, his Love, the dirt—is considered heroic, love and a desire to live, do something meaningful, to work, described as heroism when they feel like they are the most natural part of human nature make this feel so much more depressing for me. his life was not particularly difficult but that doesn't mean it was not sad, despite it's normalcy or the fact that it repeats itself in every other 'stoner'. if stoner is a hero What is there but to sacrifice and endure
♡ rec from adri
intro to the book has a quote from Williams calling stoner a hero(whole intro conflicted with my experience of the book rly whsgdhwhw). i don't think i pity him despite wishing everyone involved had a chance at something Better, or more, but i think it's so interesting how his endurance and firmness to himself—which i think is felt most with how he never seems to outgrow himself, he's just always the stoner thinking of the university as a thing beyond himself, masters, his Love, the dirt—is considered heroic, love and a desire to live, do something meaningful, to work, described as heroism when they feel like they are the most natural part of human nature make this feel so much more depressing for me. his life was not particularly difficult but that doesn't mean it was not sad, despite it's normalcy or the fact that it repeats itself in every other 'stoner'. if stoner is a hero What is there but to sacrifice and endure
♡ rec from adri
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Racism and Pregnancy
The Death of Ivan Ilych, and other stories by Leo Tolstoy
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
had a terrible time
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts