sundaysunshine's reviews
102 reviews

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

beautiful beautiful story of hope, despair, institutionalised suffering and community. genuinely one of the most sincere depictions of love i've read. wish it was longer and had a more conclusive ending but i respect the choice to maintain the realism in optimism.

Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

How to Get a Date with the Evil Queen by Marie Cardno

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Made the 1st book seem so much better in comparison. 

Okay it wasn't that bad but that pacing outside of the very start and the end was sooo bad and it was weird because by the end of it i was like we hardly did anything here???

that's not to say i didn't love sian and trillin's relationship cause it was quite beautiful and i acc lived for the whole disection of fairytale roles and stories as a reflection of how we put ourselves in constricting boxes to keep the status quo alive and achieve a flimsy idea of 'happy ever after' that doesn't apply to all of us and doesn't work for anyone.

unfortunately that isn't enough to combat the pacing and earn more than 3 stars.

Can't wait for the next one though !!
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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

damn this was just as good and just as devastating as everyone said

Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs by Jeffrey Boakye

challenging funny informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

The cultural contributions made be Black British people are so beautiful and its an essential for any British person to understand their history. This book definitely was written for a younger age group but it was still a fun ride through music and culture's evolution regardless. 

100% recommend reading this while listening to the songs I definitely got some fun recommendations from this list.

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Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 3 by CLAMP

adventurous lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 2 by CLAMP

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Dirty Heads by Aaron Dries

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

very bizarre, very tragic, very horrifying
interesting read tho