saint_eleanor's Reviews (295)

Head Lopper Volume 2: Head Lopper and the Crimson Tower

Andrew MacLean

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring tense 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: Complicated

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The Expert System's Brother

Adrian Tchaikovsky

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

its a bit too fantasy world boring

CITY, Volume 1

Keiichi Arawi

4.75

funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This manga is literally so sweet and cute, it does require a bit of a colloquial understanding but nothing too obscure! Can’t wait to read the rest of them

Sensor

Junji Ito

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really beautiful illustrations and wonderful concept, not as good as some of ito’s other works in my opinion

i felt like it was a little too focused on christianity and i was a bit confused by the ending, is it just an endless cycle ? Or maybe christianity is just a convenient name for what these people were seeing? I did not really understand the jet-black hair thing either

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Sabriel

Garth Nix

was a little too magicky for my taste, personal preference

The Voices of a Distant Star

Makoto Shinkai

4.75

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Very emotional and romantic and very sad but has a happy ending!! Kind of existential, and veeeery sweet.

Wish there was a little bit more panels involving the Aliens themselves bc they are so pretttyy

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.75

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

very intense portrayal of femininity viewed as 'hysterical' by men and male doctors. A classic feel bad <3

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Grandad, There's A Head On The Beach

Colin Cotterill

3.75

emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

addresses transphobia, racism, and xenophobia against the people of Burma/Myanmar wrapped up neatly in a murder mystery!

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

We Love You, Charlie Freeman

Kaitlyn Greenidge

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

This book is incredible, has time skips that tie in modern day and past into a continuous line- tackles really complicated questions of race and institutionalized trauma. Kind of sci-fi-ey

when the mom started breastfeeding the chimp i audibly gasped

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