carlyisnotliterate's reviews
161 reviews

The Agonist by Shastra Deo

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3.0

I don’t like poetry so I didn’t care for it but it weaved themes of death, haunting, the body, and material place versus physical being through the collection really well
Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven

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4.0

incredibly written with such important and heart breaking themes pertinent to the First Nations people ♥️
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

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4.0

I loved the complexity of Bechdel’s relationship with her father. Also the extended metaphors used are
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

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2.0

Lmao I got like halfway thru this shit and don’t need to actually finish it to write my essay for school. I hated it. There were like. Two or three perspectives that I liked. I just didn’t like the writing style, or most of the characters.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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3.0

An interesting book. I think it could have been a very intriguing thriller
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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4.0

Ms Tartt did Francis so dirty in that ending
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

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4.0

i am absolutely distraught. i don’t think i will ever emotionally recover.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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5.0

another absolute SLAY by casey mcquiston LETS GO LESBIANS
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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5.0

if you understood what was going on during this book, no you didnt ❤️
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

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3.0

Nikolai's story is honestly not necessary. the Darkling coming back is the most frustrating thing in the world. this book would have been so much more powerful and interesting if it just focused on Nina liberating enslaved grisha women and trying to rid Fjerda of its prejudices.