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Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
- THE PARLIAMENT is two books in one: a claustrophobic horror novel with a YA fantasy novel tucked inside.
- The imagery in this book is truly terrifying, and the sense of creeping panic in both stories was excellent. Also, the story within the story felt like it could have been a real YA novel from the ‘90s-‘00s.
- Unfortunately, beyond the atmosphere a lot of this book fell flat for me. The younger characters in the library were mostly interchangeable. Similar events repeated themselves multiple times without much new information coming from them. And the main character spent most of the book keeping a “big secret” that very obviously wasn’t going to be a big deal.
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Sexual content
- 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: Sexual content
Minor: Lesbophobia and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity and Car accident
3.75
- I’m going to be honest, I’m torn about MORE: A MEMOIR OF OPEN MARRIAGE. On the one hand, I’m glad this book is out there, talking about alternative marriage and relationship structures, and how to think outside the norms we’ve been raised with. However, a lot of this book is practically a guide for how not to do nonmonogamy.
- Over half of this book is the author making a series of bad decisions and not really exploring why she wants to do this at all aside from her husband pushing it. Which, fine, I don’t expect someone to just jump perfectly into problem-free open marriage. But she does no research, no seeking out of poly spaces, people, or ideas (someone has to give her a copy of The Ethical Sl*t) and then she wonders why she’s repeatedly unhappy. Her husband is a jerk about a lot of it, too, I can’t even get into that here because he made me so mad.
- On the other hand, what a fabulous example of the benefits of therapy this book gives us!
- Also, I do feel bad being so judgy. This was her experience and she’s just relating it to us. I guess I’m glad this book exists - I feel like for mainstream publishers to put out books on this topic we have to get through the rich straight white people doing it badly memoirs first.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
- This book really digs in on big, messy questions surrounding transness and gendered institutions and spaces. Who has a right to be there? Who is permitted to do what because they do or do not conform to a binary? Should these spaces even exist?
- I don’t want to get too much into the details because I don’t want to spoil the journey. But I really hope lots of people will pick up this book and have some good, long discussions about the questions raised in it. I am very glad that it exists.
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Deportation