coolfoolmoon's Reviews (357)

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense

she's JUST like me and its not even funny. i hope she having a good day. i hope she's having an amazing day every day.

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The Midwinter Witch

Molly Knox Ostertag

3.75

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes

Sad heartbroken depressed because this is the last book in the series. Molly Ostertag! The people want more!

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The Tattooed Soldier

Héctor Tobar

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The ONLY flaw is the writing style. Not the writing, because even still it’s so poetic and beautiful, but the delivery could’ve been done better.

AND STILL, the book is so good I was like there’s no way I can give this anything less than 5 stars. As an honorary Latina by both nature and nurture, and my studies into Mesoamerican and Central American history, there are so many layers to this book that made me talk about it on the phone with my best friend for no less than two hours. This book should be studied! It really has it all. It's a lot like a movie / film. I know my perspective as a Californian is always gonna be close to Mexicans and other people from the Northern Triangle but I've heard stories like this before and I've seen these movies and it's heartbreaking how universal it is. Like sure not everyones story but too many peoples story. And Tobar found a way to make to into almost perfect literature. A timeless classic. It’s just so so beautiful and I try to keep my reviews short but I really could talk about this ALL day.

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The Hidden Witch

Molly Knox Ostertag

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

Okay! The world gave me more! My baby boy! My baby girls! My lil sweet lil babies! And once again Ostertag's lovely art! Wooo!

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Never Been Kissed

Timothy Janovsky

3.25

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I too am a late bloomer gay film student. Kind of a mix of Stay Gold and To All The Boys. I related to a lot of this its pretty cute and how cool would it be to have a partner who respected you and listened when you told them your boundaries?

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Rez Dogs

Joseph Bruchac

3.5

informative lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Pretty cute. If I had a nickel for the times this year I read a story about kid of color and their loyal dog I’d have 2 nickels!

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The Light Between Oceans

M. L. Stedman

4.5

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Autism dad, ADHD mom.

I knew exactly when to stop the book before the shit hit the lighthouse fan but I also knew I didn't wanna dnf! I also wanted to give it away but the ending was so lovely now I'm like I might as well keep it. That was so sweet and sad and beautiful. Extra points because this book actually got me to root for a man!

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