marcellainthemargins's Reviews (496)

Das Feld

Robert Seethaler

2.0

reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

3.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Transfer Window

Maria Gerhardt

4.0

reflective slow-paced

Content Warnings

The Year of the Runaways

Sunjeev Sahota

3.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives

Gary Younge

3.5

informative reflective medium-paced

Reddende engel

Renate Dorrestein

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

DID NOT FINISH

Only 7 pages in and the main character already is saying that he doesn't 'understand' women who are both fat and attractive.. Tried 20 or so more pages after that, but I just can't be bothered.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

3.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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