gemmae's reviews
9 reviews

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

5.0

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

Boring also library time ran put

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

legit unreadable imo, sorry nabokov

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gut punch after gut punch 

Normal People by Sally Rooney
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

Couldn’t get into it

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

I actually cried reading this it’s beautiful

the commentary on the meaning of our relationships to other people just completely broke me inside 

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I don't review a lot of books, but this book was just fantastic. I legitimately feel compelled to boost the score of this novel because it is just so good! I have so many good things I wish I could say but to summarize I think that One Hundred Years of Solitude is the most satisfying book I've ever read. Easily my favorite book now.

Édit: upon second read still my fav book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and War

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

4.5