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Medea by Euripides
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
pivotal play in my brain (maybe my fourth read but i think i reread it a shitton while working on a monologue from it years back idk). my notes this time around included: i support women’s rights and women’s wrongs, fuck you jason, “i just feel like women” (ala jo in gerwig’s little women)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words by Maxfield Sparrow
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
reading an essay collection that plays with form like this was new and had a learning curve but i enjoyed nonetheless. some essays were five stars (particularly Remember The Time by v mike robert’s- annotation 66 made me understand that we’re cut from the same cloth) others missed for meand one had a weird racist comment about racial preferences in attraction? weird and uncalled for . overall validating and ill be lending out my copy most assuredly
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Attack on Titan, Volume 2 by Hajime Isayama
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
mikasa backstory and truly insane titan lore development with a abnormals. eren melting out of that berserker titan’s nape continues to be an award winning GAG seriously missed out on that mikasa panel where she’s leading the soldier’s charge to get gas and has her blade held up being the cover
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Guide to a Miraculous Life: A Spiritual Approach to Manifesting by Elizabeth M. Herrera
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
2.75
i lean skeptic on manifestation and i wouldn’t really recommend this text to anyone with skepticism, but i found the chapter reflections and exercises to be helpful for in depth info. anecdote about robert smalls at the end left a… weird taste in my mouth though. also i think if youre gonna have “thoughts mean more than actions” as part of your thesis it’s critical to include some statement/methods/etc for accountability
Attack on Titan, Volume 1 by Hajime Isayama
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
always gonna wonder why the titans vary in freaky levels. the first four chapters in the manga get RIGHT down to business and waste hardly any time explaining the world to you because they’re already trying to save any of humanity they can
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
this was my first time reading davis and it convinced me in like five pages to go down a rabbit hole of biographical info and her other writings. as this is a collection of interviews and speeches, there isn’t a complete bibliography, but i had a whole tab color to track further reading that was referenced. i also had a tab color that i labeled dear democrats, bc im seriously considering slipping this book under the doors of centrist liberal family members
Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
if you can avoid knowing anything about the concept and characters (besides its connection to the series) before this, highly recommend because i did NOT expect my girl to turn into a bear and there’s a fuckin bear on the cover . madam kingfisher really batting 1000 with kinda awkward middle aged people being really adorable together. it was a little slow for me in certain bits but the ending was so fun
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Vomit
Minor: Suicide
Fairy Tail 18 by Hiro Mashima
adventurous
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
4.5
bamf lucy is my favorite. her fight with angel is iconic and the suspense was kept up so well in this with nirvana rushing toward cait shelter. also more dragons slayers! mashima did not hold back with the dragons at the start of this damn
Fairy Tail 17 by Hiro Mashima
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
i love an avengers type beat with a team up arc. so many people have come back or been introduced just in time to have an abhorrent amount of people to fight
The Rift, Part 3 by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
love any time focusing on how kick ass toph is. also really cool seeing the seeds planted here for spirit and human coexistence that’s explored later in korra’s series