cramer2c's reviews
291 reviews

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Hard Sell by Hudson Lin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.

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The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.

Library 

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? N/A

5.0

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection by Mimi Zhu

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

Squire by Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Almost what I wished yellow face was? Yu tackles the narratives written for Asian people and coming out of the fog for himself and other Asians vs Kuang who writes with the insight of an Asian woman in publishing but overtly explains white violence as if the reader hasn’t felt it before.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0