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137 reviews

I will never shut up about Hannah Gadsby, you can’t make me. Nannette broke me in the best way, it made me feel seen. We Stan Hannah. This book is raw and emotional and honest. I think stories and how we tell them are a powerful force in this world, to be wielded for good or ill. And I believe this story can do a world of good.

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This book will be more helpful if for you you are neurodivergent than if you are not. But it is a valuable read regardless. I have ADHD and am Bipolar. I am also transmasculine non-binary. There were so many ways this books spoke to me, even though I am not autistic. It’s crazy to me the way transness and neurodivergence mirror one another. This book has a lot of valuable insights about how to view yourself and the world. Loving yourself, all of yourself, can truly be a radical act. And it is terrifying and comes with a lot of consequences, but some of those consequences are good. It’s books like these that give me hope that accepting yourself is worth the rough journey it takes to get there.

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book will haunt me for a few years. I do mean that as a recommendation.

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. Tracker has a quick wit which gets him in trouble. He’s known for being able to follow a scent anywhere in the world. When he is called on for these services and his sharp tongue discovered, he often gets told “It is said you have a nose. Nobody told me you have a mouth.” There were quite a few points I was cackling at these characters shenanigans. It is also dark, graphic, and moving. The ending is sad but feels authentic to the story. The magic is fantastical, you have to just sit with it and accept it. And I loved the way in which the stories at the beginning become so relevant to character development later. I fell in love with a lot of these characters. Would recommend with content warnings for graphic fights, deaths, slavery, abuse.

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alyxthebookdragon's reviews 137 reviews

alyxthebookdragon's reviews
137 reviews