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Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content
- I feel like I need to preface this review by saying I am a Glossier fan, which is why I sought this book out. Therefore, I found it quite a fascinating read. I'm not sure what mileage you'll get out of it if you aren't into Glossier or the beauty industry in general.
- That said, I think this was quite good, if maybe told a little too early. Weiss has always been a bit of a standoffish CEO, and that comes across even when she agrees to be interviewed for this book - it's not a completely fawning extended profile.
- Much of the story of the company is one we're now familiar with for startups of the 2000s, but Meltzer is right in her assertion that Glossier is different almost solely because of Weiss and her place in the "girlboss" boom, and seeing that all laid out in the larger context of startup culture was so interesting.
Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy
Minor: Eating disorder
- THORNHEDGE is a novella that asks "what if the damsel in distress was actually the villain?"
- I'm always impressed by Kingfisher's ability to craft a full world in so few pages. The world of this book feels lush, but it's only exactly as complicated as it needs to be.
- As I'm finding to be a hallmark of Kingfisher's work, THORNHEDGE is somehow cozy and gruesome at the same time. I don't know how, but it is.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Dementia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Sexual content
- TILLY IN TECHNICOLOR might be a perfect book. I adored everything about it. It's the exact right blend of YA rom-com and serious coming of age. Tilly and Oliver's ADHD and autism, respectively, are portrayed with loving nuance. And it's just a good, fun read.
- I adored watching Tilly and Oliver learn how to understand and accommodate each other as they got to know each other better, which starkly highlighted how others tried to force them to be people they weren't.
Graphic: Ableism, Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content
- MORE PERFECT is foreboding, tense, and fully engulfing. It's one of those books that had me feeling like I was swimming in the words and the world.
- This book uses the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as a loose structure, and to great effect. You know how it's going to end, and you find yourself hoping against hope that it will go differently.
- The discussions of technology in this book were fascinating, given how closely they match some of our current arguments about AI and automation. Everyone is a little bit right and a little bit wrong, and even the best parts get outweighed by the human need for power and control. I'll be thinking about some scenes for a long time.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
