lunmione's reviews
22 reviews
Riptide by Catherine Coulter
what the fuck was the accent the narrator doing because it was not a maine one
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
5.0
as a jewish lesbian with anxiety and crohn's disease this book means everything to me. the crohn's disease aspect alone would have made me cry as literally no one writes fiction about it (at the very least in a compassionate light) but the additional bonus of everything else makes me feel like this book was written just with me in mind.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Medical content
Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule
extremely fucking weird to repeatedly insinuate that a woman being overweight, not putting much effort into her looks, not wanting to fuck her husband "enough", and swearing a lot are signs that something is wrong with her or that she is a killer
Make the Golf Course a Public Sex Forest! by Lyn Corelle, jimmy cooper
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
5.0
everyone in the world should read this book and join this movement
The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care by Rina Raphael
kill gwyneth paltrow
Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex by Rachel Feltman
the author's usual work is writing click bait science articles for online magazines and that is plainly obvious from her writing style.
Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish by Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins
informative
medium-paced
3.0
at one point this book includes the extremely unfounded and harmful idea that eating farm salmon can cause autism. so there's that!
in the spirit of fairness i will say that this book has a lot of well made points and helpful information, and the writing makes what can be a hard and dense subject understandable and interesting. despite that, the inclusion of the autism thing really downgrades any credibility i might have given it before. also, while i don't think bias in reporting is always a bad thing (false equivalency is a serious issue) i think this book could benefit from toning down how aggressive it is in it's beginning. ease ppl into a thing. there is also a certain amount of repetition.
in the spirit of fairness i will say that this book has a lot of well made points and helpful information, and the writing makes what can be a hard and dense subject understandable and interesting. despite that, the inclusion of the autism thing really downgrades any credibility i might have given it before. also, while i don't think bias in reporting is always a bad thing (false equivalency is a serious issue) i think this book could benefit from toning down how aggressive it is in it's beginning. ease ppl into a thing. there is also a certain amount of repetition.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
The Third Person by Emma Grove
emotional
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, and Outing