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Kalikoi, Celia Lake

3.0

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved the characters and their dynamics but the pacing and grammar were a bit all over the place at times. It felt like there were massive chunks of the plot missing or glossed over as something that happened off page which left me very unsatisfied and knocked my rating down.
I also didn’t realise that this book was set in a pre-established world which left me very confused at times since nothing was really explained at the time.

They Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of DnD

Thom James Carter

3.75

hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

The Old Woman with the Knife

Gu Byeong-mo

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

The Tattoo Murder

Akimitsu Takagi

3.0

challenging mysterious slow-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

The author has clearly never had a tattoo and I'm debating whether he has ever actually met a person with tattoos. Tattooed skin isn't colder and doesn't feel any different from untattooed skin. The process isn't instantly excruciating and the skin doesn't immediately become red and swollen and you don't run a high fever when getting tattooed and in the days after you aren't nauseous unless you've contracted a dangerous infection.