calarco's Reviews (760)

And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou

4.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

The Captain's Verses: Love Poems

Pablo Neruda

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

My Body

Emily Ratajkowski

3.5

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

Sarah Schulman

3.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Song of Kieu: A New Lament

Du Nguyen

3.0

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Violent Land

Jorge Amado

3.5

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Girls Burn Brighter

Shobha Rao

3.5

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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