saramdeuri's Reviews (310)

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

4.5

mysterious reflective tense 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: Yes

Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

30 Non-Vegan Excuses & How to Respond to Them

Earthling Ed

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language

Albert Costa

DID NOT FINISH

It’s a great book and really well written, but I just couldn’t pick it back up after putting it down. I think that’s because I had more interesting stuff to read (I’m not very good at reading scientific stuff)

Miracle on Cherry Hill

Sun-mi Hwang

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

though it is a thought-provoking and important book, it can be quite distressing, so watch out! though it's called "the vegetarian", the main character isn't vegetarian. she is mentally ill, and this book is in no way representative of vegetarian or vegan experience.

Content Warnings

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Vicious

V.E. Schwab

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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