blackcatkai's reviews
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That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them by Matt Sienkiewicz, Nick Marx
informative
medium-paced
3.0
a pretty decent look at the history of modern right-wing comedy and how it attracts/gears towards its specific audience & common joke styles.
The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2: Control by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
3.0
felt like there was a bit more expositional talking than the last one that took me out of it a bit. still looking forward to volume 3
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
mysterious
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
4.0
CW: pregnancy, death, blood, chronic illness, ableism, violence, gaslighting, miscommunication
Food Isn't Medicine: Challenge Nutrib*llocks & Escape the Diet Trap by Joshua Wolrich
informative
4.0
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
CW: ableism, transphobia, death, suicide, fatphobia, racism, classism
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
dark
emotional
funny
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
I love me a good horror story that explores themes of family & grief.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Death
Pageboy by Elliot Page
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
CW/RTC~
one thing I want to note right away: Elliot, in the foreword, mentions how not every trans experience is THE trans experience. that plenty of people's gender & sexual identies are NOT intertwined. but that HIS identities & gender/sexual discoveries of himself ultimately are. so he speaks a LOT on his experience living most of his life as a lesbian. that doesn't make this book any less trans. thank you.
one thing I want to note right away: Elliot, in the foreword, mentions how not every trans experience is THE trans experience. that plenty of people's gender & sexual identies are NOT intertwined. but that HIS identities & gender/sexual discoveries of himself ultimately are. so he speaks a LOT on his experience living most of his life as a lesbian. that doesn't make this book any less trans. thank you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Bullying, and Grief
Minor: Classism
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
slow-paced
3.0
written well, a bit slow, a decent exploration of relationships, trauma, and mental illness I feel like. but also, a shrug. the body horror (or horror in general) isn't as much of the book as I thought based on some reviews but it's definitely a strange story and series of events. a little more existential and literary than anything. I preferred Leah's parts but overall this was just ok for me.
i'd probably read from Julia armfield again in the future.
i'd probably read from Julia armfield again in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Minor: Body horror