feraltail's reviews
177 reviews

Life on Earth by David Attenborough

inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Dune by Frank Herbert

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

The Patient by Jasper DeWitt

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The beginning of this had some promise, it does feel like “a debut novel” but that doesn’t really bother me, we all gotta start somewhere. I think this book does a pretty decent job describing how a lot of (maybe not so many places now w/ modernization) mental health institutions and patients do not receive the help they need. I resonated with that. But 
i cannot write a full review for this novel without spoiling it. that’s how much the last quarter of this book made me mad. mad and confusing at every single decision made for the characters and the plot?? you had a mildly compelling mystery going and THAT is what you’re ending with? I— 👎🏻 There is a confusing lack of barely any foreshadowing to this ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Excrement

why the fuck did this book try to have a happy ending? the last 20-25 pages of this took me out. a horror novel that throws around sexual violence, assault, rape, for the sake of so casually all to have a sappy “and they all lived on in slight traumatized but happy peace! the end” is…confusing to me.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i didn’t fuck with tapeworms before reading this, but i certainly don’t fuck with them AFTER. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Emotional abuse

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

funny informative inspiring

4.25

great read! 

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

so disappointing. the only thing i can praise is some of the imagery. but the rest of it was lackluster. 

Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Did not finish book.

genuinely enjoyed it, got distracted by life. will definitely pick this one back up. 

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

what the fuck did i just read. no, i’m actually asking because i don’t KNOW.