goatsrsexy's Reviews (604)

"That's the one thing you never took from me. I stopped loving others. I stopped loving myself. I stopped loving my family when loving them became too much. But I never stopped loving this big, absurd, beautiful ensemble we all form together."


Oh wow. This was a very good book. It revolves around a serial killer but it's not about him really, it's about survival and it's also about the love women have for each other that just seems to be part of our programming. 

This was such a unique read for me. I've never read anything quite like it. It definitely had me on the edge of my seat the whole time but it also had me pondering a lot.

Yellowface 100% exceeded my expectations (and they were already high). This was so fast paced and readable, couldn't put it down, couldn't look away from the horror of it all. June is a super unlikeable person full of jealousy and unhappiness, but near the end when she was really spiralling couldn't help sympathizing with her a bit too. She was such a fleshed out character, I hated her but also understood her so well. The whole time was reading this book kept being amazed at how well Rebecca got into the mind of a character like this. The way she was completely oblivious to her casual racism and micro aggressions were super familiar, I've known a lot of people just like June. It was also super interesting to read all the details about the publishing world. It all sounds terrible and it's definitely given me some new empathy for authors in general.

Oh boy this one was definitely the best yet! The world building!! The Pemalites! The Chee! The dogs! The violence!!! I loved it so much.

This book is told kind of like a short story collection except it rotates back to each person in parts. It follows 4 people who find out they've had their memories erased, and a woman who works for Nepenthe and thinks she's uncovered some serious corruption. It's happy, sad, hopeful, and very thought provoking. It asks a lot of questions about what makes us who we are, and how important our memories truly are.

The poems are very clearly written by a 22 year old still finding his place in the world, and some of them are honestly not great. But you can see glimpses of his future works, and some of them are wonderful. There is a very religious theme in this book. All of Cohen's art is tied to religion in some ways, since he had such an interesting relationship with it, but it's especially blatant in this book.

Bridget is dealing with the recent death of her mother, who she's always had a complicated relationship with. While cleaning out her house, she finds something that makes her think her childhood day-dreams and delusions may have actually been real, and that her mom might still be alive somewhere in the multiverse.

This is a really interesting Sci-Fi thriller about multiple realities. It took a different route than I've usually seen with these kinds of stories which made it really intriguing because I kept wanting to learn more about how it all worked.  A small detail that I liked is that the reality our main characters existed in was slightly different than our own. I feel like usually in these kinds of books the main universe is the same as ours so that was different!

I'd definitely recommend this to SciFi readers but it could be a bit dense for people who aren't big readers of the genre!

It just didn't really work for me

Yeah all these books follow the same formula but they're so fun. Idk about fantasizing about taking care of someone you don't know tho. Incredibly patronizing, but they did address it kinda

Ahhh so good. I love the way Cassie's books always look so much at morality and ethics.

 I have a lot of mixed feelings on this one. For one, it felt very long. The first half was kind of like a behind the scenes look at an SNL type show which was fun but also not my thing so didn't really care. 

The middle was the two MCs emailing back and forth and HATED İt, it went on WAY too long and just really annoyed me.

The third part was my favourite and it was nice. I love celebrity romances, they're just such a fun fantasy and always enjoy reading them. The awkwardness and anxiety at the beginning of their relationship was fun because it felt so relatable and real in a way that rom coms usually aren't. I'm not sure how feel about this booking having taken place during COVID. It was my first covid read, and would have rather it not been there but get it. It will be interesting to see how it dates the book decades from now.