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funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Collection of Vonnegut short stories and writings sold/published throughout his career. The wit, brevity, and uniqueness of Vonnegut is virtually absent here - to the extent of seeming like a completely different author, and a much less accomplished or interesting one. Do not recommend unless you're a hardcore Vonnegut completionist.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
An extremely accessible nonfiction account of early Antarctic exploration and what we knew in 1950. Includes great maps and extraordinarily beautiful descriptions of the continent.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death, Death
medium-paced
First half is about the history of superconductivity written extremely accessible to the layperson. Second half is superconductivity futurism. It's almost quaint in its optimism.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Sources and materials used in creating Raoul Peck's namesake documentary - most notably James Baldwin's unfinished "Remember This House" that explores the murder and social reaction to three civil rights leaders' murders. Written like an extension to and qualifier of the film.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Cultural appropriation
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Two different stories of man's relationship with human decay and nature's reclamations. The first is a highly poetic and metaphorical exploration of a decommissioned military facility; the second, a narrative journey into a hollowed way that flitters in and out of the past. A true literature diptych.
Content Warnings
Minor: War
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Semi-autobiographical novel in a discursive format that's quite different from McCarthy's now-famous capsule style. "Ulysses"-inspired to the point of namedrops, and a detailed picture into the southern Appalachians in the 1950s.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A collection of 10 short stories over the last several decades, featuring mostly character-driven narratives about life inside, outside, and in relation to the inside and outside of Gaza.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia
Minor: Islamophobia
challenging
emotional
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
In which the horror of terrorism solved nothing, begets nothing, and revives anew - with characters who learn everything or nothing, depending on your perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Hate crime
Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry
Minor: Torture, War
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
More than a snapshot of Radiohead’s development of Kid A/Amnesiac; these free verse vignettes and faxed sketches are their own work of discursive, subversive art.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cursing, Death, Cannibalism