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11 reviews

Bóg rzeczy małych by Arundhati Roy

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

i remember that someone on goodreads reviewed this novel as "pretentious", and called some of the stylistic choices as the author "trying to make the book seem important". having finally finished the god of small things after it sitting on my tbr list for two years, i must say that the novel truly is important. nothing can describe the emotions i felt after turning over the last page. good god. what a phenomenal piece.

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

jesus fucking christ .

Y/N by Esther Yi

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

anything i might have to say about this novel escapes me. i truly do not know what to think of it, i can't summarise it in one word. it exists, i read it, it has made an impact on me: can't say exactly how.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual assault

Chinatown by Thuận

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

we have a lot of thoughts in our head about this book but for now i'm going to say we're very glad that we picked it up

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

challenging emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

5.0

The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Did not finish book.

i sadly couldn't get into the writing style. will try to get back to it in the future, when the time comes for me.

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Did not finish book.

Fire, Bed, and Bone by Henrietta Branford

emotional reflective tense 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? N/A

4.0

it isn't perfect. but this is what i like the most in this book, because it is just right.

there definitely are some character inconsistencies, but i need above all to remember that this is a book intended for an audience that need not care about such things, which is why we are waving our hand at it as if we were batting away a fly, annoyed by it, but in the end, indifferent.

it is a beautiful book. full of prose lush enough for you to lose itself in it, but sparse enough for you to still see the sky and breathe in the fresh air. serenity hangs in the white space, so that one can wrap itself in it, lay down, and cry safely. it's been some time since i cried. i needed both that, and this book. amazing how much grief, love, and sensory input can be fit in a book that barely brushes the one hundred page mark.

oh, dear, lovely old bitch. i'm going to howl your story as a song.

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

5.0