skudiklier's Reviews (647)

We Were the Mulvaneys

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

I liked this book a lot but I read it several years ago and have also since learned that Joyce Carol Oates is the worst. So who knows if I'd have different thoughts rereading it now.

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

informative medium-paced

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded

Hannah Hart

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Secrets for the Mad

Dodie Clark

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

Mary Oliver

5.0

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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