Scan barcode
caseythereader's reviews
1744 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
3.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use and Abortion
Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
- What a joy CURVY GIRL SUMMER is! I adored Aaliyah and Ahmad, both on the friendship level and the relationship level. They were the best mix of spicy and sweet.
- Danielle Allen doesn’t shy away from what it can be like to be a fat Black woman in how both Aaliyah’s relatives and her dates treat her. But Aaliyah’s belief and confidence in herself never wavers: she knows what she’s worth.
- For me, Aaliyah hung on to “we’re just friends” a little too long, which made the plot spin its wheels in the middle for a bit. But once she and Ahmad do get together, the wait is worth it.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
- THE STARDUST GRAIL was my first Yume Kitasei book and it certainly won’t be my last. I was fascinated by this universe and its history, which was expertly layered into a great heist plot.
- The story brings in elements ranging from artifact repatriation to what makes a creature sentient and human. There’s so much going on, but it’s all held together on the strength of the main band of characters.
- Also, I would die for Auncle. Anything for Auncle.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
- Ooh did I love JUST PLAYING HOUSE. It’s the perfect blend of sweet, serious, silly, and just a little spice.
- Farah Heron said she wrote this book to show that sick people and people with high risk of becoming sick are worthy of being loved just as they are, and boy did she knock it out of the park. This book is filled with hard feelings and thorny conversations, but it feels safe and tender the whole way through.
- Marley and Nikhil had such great chemistry, and I loved this version of second chance where they barely had a first chance and were figuring out if they were ready to try it for real.
- Also, love a low key queer romance: Marley is bi and demi.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
4.5
- Whew, this is A BOOK. I knew next to nothing about Tendler other than her highly publicized divorce, and now after reading MEN HAVE CALLED HER CRAZY, I feel a deep kinship with her.
- Tendler’s writing is a bit removed, but her prose flows so beautifully it took me awhile to clock it. It’s somehow both clinical and deeply insightful.
- She flips between present day at the hospital and looking back at past relationships. I would have liked a bit of a sharper line drawn between the past men and current mental state, but it is all there.
- PS: There’s virtually no mention of said ex-husband. It plays somewhere between “I signed an NDA” and “you don’t matter enough to include.” Plenty of Petunia though, which made me both laugh and cry.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia