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metalmakubex

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

Hank Green

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

3.0

dark tense medium-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

Stranger Things: Rebel Robin

A.R. Capetta

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

My Government Means to Kill Me

Rasheed Newson

2.0

dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

While the information and insight into the AIDS crisis in this book is invaluable, the way it integrated real-life political figures into it as "characters" rubbed me the wrong way and felt like fanfiction. I would have rather read a non-fiction account of these figures and the time period, which I'll be looking into. Nonetheless, while this wasn't my taste, it will be important and educational for some readers who may not be familiar with the impact this time had on Black and LGBTQIA+ history.