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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was very very good. It took me a while to get into it at first, but that was more to do with how I was reading it than the book itself. I love how this story is told, and feel like it's really valuable for anyone to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Suicide, Vomit, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was pretty similar to the first one (in a good way!). I liked it, and it's interesting to see more of this world from different perspectives, even if I still am confused by some of the ways this world works in general.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder
Moderate: Death, Violence
Minor: Suicide
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was pretty good! Some of the premise doesn't really make sense to me, and I had to make myself not think about it and just go along with whatever the story said. The ending was also wrapped up just a bit too easily for me, but I expected that once I realized we were three quarters of the way through the book. Overall I'd say I liked this book, but like. I wouldn't recommend it for the plot lmao. It's strictly a romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual assault
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I've had this book sitting on my bedside table for months, knowing I would probably love it, but waiting to read it until "the right time." And part of me wants to say that this was the perfect time to read it, but another part of me wants to yell at my past self. This was sitting here this whole time? I could have been feeling this months ago, but I waited until now??
This book is so good, it made me want to scream. I loved so many poems in it, and wrote down so many things I feel I can learn from. I don't even know what to say. This was just so so good and I'm so excited for Chen Chen's next collection.
This book is so good, it made me want to scream. I loved so many poems in it, and wrote down so many things I feel I can learn from. I don't even know what to say. This was just so so good and I'm so excited for Chen Chen's next collection.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
This is such a cute collection of comics! I've been following them online for years so I was excited they collected some into a book. These are really sweet and heartfelt and funny.
Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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:
Yes
I really liked this! At first I found some of it hard to follow, just in terms of what was "really" happening vs what wasn't, but overall I don't think that diminished the quality or anything like that. I'm glad I listened to the audiobook as I feel like that works really well for this sort of screenplay format. This book was engaging, heartfelt, and funny, and I'd definitely recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood
Minor: Slavery
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I'm so glad I got to read this! Shelby's writing is so beautiful and hopeful and this book has so many words of wisdom. I also was lucky enough to get a copy Shelby wrote a bunch of notes in, and I *loved* getting to read her annotations with comments on the poems and the process of writing this book.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
This collection is the best of Sam's work! The poems are beautiful and heartfelt and have such gorgeous imagery, and then the art and visuals are so stunning and complement the words so well.
dark
emotional
reflective
Aaaa I loved this!! It took me a bit to get into it but I think that was more about my state of mind going in than the poems themselves. By the end I was screaming at every poem, and I took so many notes down of quotes and my favorite poems.
This is one of those brilliant collections that has overarching themes and callbacks to previous poems, but never comes close to feeling repetitive at all. I want my poetry to be like this.
This is one of those brilliant collections that has overarching themes and callbacks to previous poems, but never comes close to feeling repetitive at all. I want my poetry to be like this.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Suicide