potatonell's reviews
38 reviews

Normal People by Sally Rooney

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

Pageboy by Elliot Page

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful read. Please educate yourselves on transgender people. An easy read and hopeful.

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-joo

challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

Can be boring and tedious but very relatable. I felt hopeful that I could become better too at certain times.

Trafficked by Sophie Hayes

dark sad medium-paced

3.0

Human trafficking and whatever Sophie went through, noone should ever go through.

But, this book and story has several problems with it that made me feel ‘well why did they do that in the first place?’

**SPOILERS**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

1. Poorly written, better read for young adults or teenagers. Quick and easy read. 2. The amount of chances Sophie had to escape from Kas in the hands of safety got me really annoyed 3. She continued to keep in touch with Kas after which evidently got her into being stalked by him again. 4. Felt like some of the blame was targeted towards her dad which never really justified it all. 5. I dont know if any right person would send their daughter off to see a random man in italy. So much of this story just made me so angry but each person has their own story to tell.

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Book is definitely written with a taste of the male gaze. The accentuation of breasts are actually insane. There was too much of it where I just grimaced whilst reading.

Ending felt hopeless and rushed but the very least the only way they could Isserly’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Night Shoot by David Sodergren

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Felt cringe at times when reading. Did feel like your usual slasher/ monster movie but compared to the Haar this book felt abit too corny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, and Rape

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite books now and I hold it dear to my heart.

Very informative and reflective. Any man should go read this. Any man that is about to get married or expect a child with his wife should read this.

Just a few words to describe what this book means:

- Gender Patriarchy 
- Marital Roles
- Working Women
- Societal Pressure

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

Mentally prepare yourself.
If Tender is the flesh is up your alley then this is equally fcked. Leaving you moderately disturbed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Cannibalism

Before Your Memory Fades: A Novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.

Each book just gets repetitive. Got bored and probably will not read the next two.