miluva's reviews
6 reviews

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Just Kids by Patti Smith

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abortion, and Medical trauma

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man by Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird
Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.

The tangents were a bit draining, and after a while I felt I gathered the gist of the unfinished research that was gathered in this book. 
It’s not a huge turn-off to me that it was quite unacademic and new age, because given, those categories have overlapped into science before. I just found it a bit repetitive and boring after a while. 

Man and His Symbols by Jolande Jacobi, Joseph L. Henderson, Marie-Louise von Franz, C.G. Jung, Aniela Jaffé

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I expected more, but was left disappointed and confused. The way this is written is quite scattered, no sense of organization. The writing seemed to be unnecessarily academic and challenging. Some decent concepts to mull over, however they were so drawn out and unraveled that it took away from the points made. 

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

By far one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. This had it all for me personally; a flawed romance, philosophy, drama, complex characters, and a beautiful, bittersweet ending.