Brilliant writing and pacing, lovely ending, gut-wrenchingly difficult to get there though, given the vivid depictions of some really difficult traumas. Content warning for family violence, drug abuse, and bodily harm/death
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Fatu finished reading By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle
Fatu rated By the Fire We Carry: 4 stars
Fatu rated Ella Enchanted: 3 stars
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted, #1)
At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent young fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of …
Fatu rated Let This Radicalize You: 5 stars
Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is …
Fatu finished reading Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba
Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is …
Fatu finished reading The Prophet by Khalil Gibran by Khalil Gibran
Fatu reviewed Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Bloom)
Questa è la storia di un ragazzo che tutti chiamano Demon Copperhead, un eroe dei …
Phenomenal, gut-wrenching read
5 stars
Fatu finished reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Bloom)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Bloom)
Questa è la storia di un ragazzo che tutti chiamano Demon Copperhead, un eroe dei nostri tempi. Un ragazzo che …
Fatu wants to read Families We Keep by Corinne Reczek
Fatu reviewed Expecting Better: by Emily Oster
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, …
Expected Better
3 stars
Honestly having it as a reference is pretty ok. It's nice to have what essentially amounts to a lit review for various topics handy. I couldn't stand her commentary and opinion on every topic.
Fatu rated Expecting Better:: 3 stars
Expecting Better: by Emily Oster
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to …
Fatu finished reading Expecting Better: by Emily Oster
Expecting Better: by Emily Oster
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to …
Fatu reviewed These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
On a dusty backwater planet, occasional thief Jun Ironway has gotten her hands on the …
Phenomenal Work
5 stars
Great pacing, worldbuilding, and character development. Highly recommend. :)
Fatu rated These Burning Stars: 5 stars
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
On a dusty backwater planet, occasional thief Jun Ironway has gotten her hands on the score of a lifetime: a …