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277 reviews
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Message Not Found by Dante Medema
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nielsen
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade
challenging
informative
inspiring
5.0
This is such a concise, comprehensive and practical guide to forming collective action and mutual aid networks. The last chapter is especially important; it helped me identify some things I need to work on in myself and gave me clear steps to do so. I love how accessible the author made the book - it’s not hard to understand or too verbose to easily digest.
Omen of Ice by Jus Accardo
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Super tropey. Romance was trash, which really sucks because I normally love bodyguard romances and this made me hate it. There was almost no plot aside from the “big reveal” at the end which I guessed correctly about 10% in. Main characters were annoying. Literally the only things I liked about this were the cover and the kelpie character who isn’t present nearly enough imo. The world is very under developed (Valen is supposedly warring with being the “omen” mentioned in the title but the author never explains what that is; they don’t have guns or plumbing but they know what adrenaline is; they have an alternate word for fucking called “brashing” despite also using the word “fuck” in the text; etc).
Gravity Falls: Journal 3 by Rob Renzetti, Alex Hirsch
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- 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
4.25
Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid
emotional
inspiring
sad
- 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
4.75
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
emotional
reflective
sad
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0