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435 reviews

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

slow-paced

0.5

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

slow-paced

0.5

"The dead girl won't get her ID Saturday because she'll be dead"  There are sentences like this in there. It's wild and goes nowhere. 


Some of the worst writing I've ever read.

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

informative medium-paced

5.0

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

fast-paced

4.0

Dang. This one hit hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Abortion

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

2.0

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

sad medium-paced

3.5

Lot of TWs in this one and the first half drags but loved the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison

slow-paced

0.5

Leslie Jamison is the type of person who could hear someone go "I'm French" and talk about how she had a French fry once for 40 minutes. 

This isn't empathy, it's narcissism. To the point where there is an additional essay to convince you it's not...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Violence

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Crying, screaming, throwing up. This was what I needed to read this week. 

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

I've never cried reading a non fiction book before but John Green made me do it.

A fascinating look at this illness told through a human lens. A wonderful look at the injustice of the medical systems we've put into place and the way illnesses affect us all.