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Babel by R.F. Kuang
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Colonisation
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
A tragedy and a compelling human story. Insights to the prison system. Too real projections about how capitalism and prisons and the military industrial complex can easily join forces to charge us the pleasure of watching people kill each other. That said, was hopeful for something else in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Rediscovering a childhood favorite
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Compelling style of revisiting history. Sometimes felt slow and too many extraneous details. The audiobook version really carried me through those bits.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Colonisation, and War
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Would love to see this as a movie or series
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, and War
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Wanted more from the ending. And was totally disengaged when author would reference “wrinkled mid-40s hands” and suggest 11 year old siblings run off to play on playgrounds and take turns on the slide. Nah those are going to be moody preteens on their phones. The ending felt really out of touch with anyone over the age…30?
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0