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Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, and Self harm
Minor: Ableism
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming and Alcohol
Minor: Transphobia
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
- Is there any greater joy than a tightly written, deeply satisfying story? LOST ARK DREAMING gives us that: a fully realized world and complex characters in under 200 pages.
- I loved this blend of sci-fi and fantasy. It’s WOOL x THE DEEP, with heartbreaking individual stories and heart-pounding action.
- It’s hard to discuss much of this book without giving away the plot twist, given that the book is so short. I’ll just say that it didn’t go the direction I thought it would and I loved that. Please read this book!
Graphic: Blood and Classism
Moderate: Slavery and Murder
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
- Tanya Byrne has the incredible ability to write books that feel both real and ethereal, and IN THE SHALLOWS is no exception.
- I loved Mara and her group of girlfriends. They were a wonderful mix of loving and sniping, always there for each other but also willing to tell hard truths.
- I also liked the perspective of the book. It’s told as if an older Mara is looking back at this time in her life. There’s a lot of “I understand now that...” and “if only I had known” and I think made the intense subject matter a bit of a lesson for younger readers without literally spelling out morals.
- As soon as I understood what was happening with the central mystery, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Truly: I read this whole book in one day because I had to know what was going to happen.
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, and Death of parent
- 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
4.5
- It feels sort of cliche these days to call a YA novel “important,” but THIRSTY really is. It tackles not only drinking, but also race, class, and more.
- I loved the way Blake’s drinking was portrayed in this book. She was drinking socially, drinking to feel like she belonged, drinking to make friends. She didn’t have one huge rock bottom moment, but rather a slow building of moments that finally came into focus for her.
- It’s sometimes a hard read, when Blake and others are making repeated bad choices. But it’s also filled with love and understanding for Blake and her mindset.
- After adoring Hammonds’ WE DESERVE MONUMENTS and now THIRSTY, they’re an autobuy author for me now. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Outing, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content