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Pokémon Adventures (Red and Blue), Vol. 1 by Hidenori Kusaka
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
excavated the crusty copy my brother and I shared to get a taste of that lovely nostalgia once more. I know everyone loses their mind over that one arbok panel but honestly the psyduck with its eye peeking out of its skull is far more disturbing and stuck with me a lot more as a child.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
cute and frothy in a pleasing sort of way. I don't know what sort of wiring I possess to so thoroughly enjoy reading Building Compilations as a narrative but it really works for me in this story; perhaps Baldree just has a knack for tapping into the satisfaction of creating something out of the ruins of what it was before - it's a trait that he imbues into the workers of Legends and Lattes too.
I have qualms though. viv's arc didn't really seem to move? it just got reiterated a lot. the rest of the cast slot into their respective allyship with her very easily. too easily... I wish more had been made of their dynamics with each other and as a group, because I loved them all a lot (Thimble the most, of course)
I have qualms though. viv's arc didn't really seem to move? it just got reiterated a lot. the rest of the cast slot into their respective allyship with her very easily. too easily... I wish more had been made of their dynamics with each other and as a group, because I loved them all a lot (Thimble the most, of course)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Ernst Bornemann, Cameron McCabe
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
dissertation reading. dripping post-modern irony into the living room when it shouldn't even be at the door yet. of course, this prescience serves to be quite a fortunate narrative fit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, and Murder
Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes by Richmond Lattimore, Euripides, David Grene
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Helen is a delicious play, I love weird little stories that inhabit the crevices of these big Epic events. What if Helen was all a dream....
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: War
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
I just lost steam :/ maybe another time....
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
if I was oedipus I would've simply had better luck. I would've simply not been doomed from my birth. 😁
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Suicide
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I find myself uncertain how to feel about this book: somehow it is not grotesque enough, while also relishing it the lashings of blood and other viscera it produces far too much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
takes a profound and perturbing turn for the racist and antisemitic about two thirds of the way in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Medical content
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Child death
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
challenging
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
sporadically good; a waft of flowers after rain
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence
Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Gary Russell, Mike Tucker, Richard Dungworth, Colin Brake, Jacqueline Rayner, Scott Handcock
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
a very mixed Christmas stocking of a book: you got some chocolates, some cool presents and the occasional bruised orange, but overall I had a fun time, and recognise its very difficult to write something with the super engage mystery-adjacent format of a doctor who story in like. less than a novella amount of pages. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 12's stuck out to me the most :]
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Grief