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108 reviews

Bunny by Mona Awad

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
liked it a lot! would give 5 stars but the demonization of hyperfemininity threw me off a lil 
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

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emotional reflective medium-paced
the tears did not stop
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
beautiful ending!
Warriors Box Set: Volumes 1 to 3: Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets by Erin Hunter

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dark emotional fast-paced
 been reading too many essys abt colonialism, so it was time to crack open warriors... and u know it still goes hard ! im embarrassed at the amount im emotionally invested
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
i did not like it </3 wish i read the tws beforehand but even so lots of the more difficult sections were tackled in a way that i also. didnt like

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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

yes! yes!yes! fantastic thought provoking and informative work that is accessible ! yes!
Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
not my fave cooper. enjoyed maybe one or two of the stories otherwise meh

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Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships by Juno Roche

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reflective fast-paced
i like the interviews but all of junos interjections and reflections aren't very insightful or well written. so meh! but whatever, im happy for queer people to have a space to talk about queer sex so cheers 2 that
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
good! especially if you like pee!