grace_cr1's reviews
103 reviews

Galatea by Madeline Miller

3.0

Wish I was longer, I'm left with so many questions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Medea by Euripides

medium-paced

5.0

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

sad fast-paced

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

2.0

The prose was beautiful in this book, and I really loved the author's note at the end but I found the book didn't suit me overall. It reflects the drab and depressing parts of being irish which is one of the parts I hate about my culture. 

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is beautifully written, the language is varied and poetic. This book is also quite a dense and somewhat inaccessible read, it was difficult to remember the amount of people named throughout the novel and so was hard to follow. I recommend this book but its definitely a novel you have to be in the mood to read 📚 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Hunger by Michael Grant
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

The Edelweiss Pirates by Dirk Reinhart

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism