allmight's Reviews (332)

a stunning collection of poetry about brown Muslim girlhood, violence against women, the silent hurts women carry, and the expectations that fundamentalist religions place on women. very raw prose that will make your soul ache

this book is mostly romance-based and I just couldn't believe in the romance when Achilles was such a shallow character. yeah, he's hot, but what else? why is Patrolocus in love with him? I couldn't understand it. pretty writing tho

Not for you if you don't like unlikeable main characters. The MC is a bit of a dick and has internalised homophobia, but he does experience some growth in the end. I listened to this on audio, and I feel like I might have liked it more if I had read it instead of listening to it because the audio format made the ghost scenes very confusing. I had to play the audio back repeatedly because I kept missing them. I do love toxic and obsessive gays tho so I did enjoy this fine.

delicious- finally, some good fucking food.

I've been looking for a good gothic haunted house book with some proper scares and proper supernatural elements and this was finally it. Gorgeous writing, a tense atmosphere, and a hot priest. What more can you ask for? 

(minus points for the super fast development of the romance) (has no one ever heard of a slow burn, for god's sake) (you've known him for a week, get a grip, girl)

Moving book about the aftermath of the death of Vivek Oji, a genderfluid(?) Nigerian person, and the reactions of his/her family and friends to that event. Mostly this book is about grief, which it depicts beautifully - but it's also about gender and queerness, and the shame and guilt that comes with being queer when you have grown up and live in a conservative country where being different is dangerous. On the other hand, it's also about how living as your authentic self is beautiful. The prose was stunning and evocative. Akwaeke Emezi truly knows how to write.

Everyone cheating on their significant others was annoying though, and I'm not sure what purpose the cousin incest served. I feel like the book would not have changed much if they had just been childhood friends.

Mostly smut tbh (Good smut tho, so kudos for that). The best parts of the book were definitely the emotionl conversations, but the book was so short you didn't really get to know the characters, so that lessened the impact. But it was enjoyable for what it was.

Nice poetry collection about nature, queerness and mental health. Not the most memorable, but a nice quick read. 

Like American Psycho except the protag is a woman and takes erotic pics of men... uncomfortable and most of the characters suck, but that's kind of the point. 4 stars? I guess? Idk what to feel

brandy sandy, the king of epic endings. also, shallan, get some therapy... actually, everyone should get some therapy.