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106 reviews

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun de Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 2 by Xue Shan Fei Hu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.

sorry, but this just got boring (and dubcon elements also made it hard to get behind this)

Obsolescence by Martha Wells

4.0

i enjoyed how dark this was but i didn’t feel as attached to the characters as i usually do when it comes to murderbot.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

wow, what a sequel! the hunger games was fantastic, obviously, but i have forgotten how strong of a sequel catching fire is and how much everything hurts (i teared up quite a few times). i don’t think 10-year-old me had any business reading this (it is a young adult book, but man…). i do remember how mockingjay broke me when i read it for the first time, so i guess i have that to look forward to.

System Collapse by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

fantastic as always! i’m sad i’ll have to wait however long for the next instalment

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

this is probably my fourth re-read of the hunger games, but it’s my first time reading it as an adult, and let me just say, it absolutely holds up.

when i read it last, i was quite a few years younger than katniss was in the first book and she seemed so mature and grown up to me, but she truly reads like a teenage girl and it hurts so much seeing her go through such horrific things.

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i bought a copy of my brilliant friend in my first year of undergrad and only got around to reading it now, in the summer of my first year of grad school. so grateful for taking a chance on it and keeping it with me all these years (it survived quite a few moves!).

i loved this book so so much. the prose is fantastic, with quotes that left me wanting to pick up a pen and underline them (and i normally don’t write in my books). girlhood and female friendship is portrayed so realistically and beautifully that i don’t even care if elena ferrante is secretly a man writing under a woman’s pseudonym (which i highly doubt). also sapphic undertones? count me in.

Monsters You Should Know by Emma SanCartier

4.5

Cat's Cafe by Gwen Tarpley

4.0

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

i think this is a perfect case of “it’s not you, it’s me.” 20% in, i could not bring myself to give a shit about either of the characters.

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

ngl, i feel wronged by this series. i was okay with the

non-con kiss in the previous volume because it took place in binghe’s dream realm

but

an attempted rape scene

? was i supposed to find it romantic?

i should have looked up trigger warnings for the entire series, as i will try to do with danmei from now on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence