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203 reviews

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to love this, but the first part of the book DRAGGED. the foreshadowing got to be insane. Once the action started, the pacing improved, but it couldn’t necessarily save the book beyond a 3-star rating. 

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

medium-paced

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

3.75

not enough octopus!!!!!

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

medium-paced

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

3.0

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

The Girls by Emma Cline

3.0

Trying to Float: Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel by Nicolaia Rips

2.0

here's my Real review: I wanted to enjoy this book as someone who adores the history of the Chelsea Hotel, but I found the writing to be juvenile and the characters flat. The brief vignettes aren't in-depth or rich enough to bring the Hotel to life, or even to warrant the subtitle "Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel". If you want to read a memoir about the vibrancy of New York and the Chelsea, you're better off with Patti Smith's "Just Kids".

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

5.0

Watchmen by Alan Moore

5.0

Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky

3.0

I thought some of this book was interesting - particularly the beginning section on the evolution of ethics/morals in relation to means and ends. The part about everyone eating the baked beans and farting in the symphony was the best. However, it kind of felt like Alinsky was sitting on a plush chair behind a giant oak desk reciting the book as I sat in a toddler's chair the entire time. He also definitely thought he was the coolest white man ever.