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An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom

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Dark Academia
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Julie Chan Is Dead

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang

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  • Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories
    celestialviolence
    Jun 12, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    What I liked most about this is that it isn't the prepackaged, expected queer experience. The book explores queerness in a way that's as realistic as it is fantastical, the struggles and euphorias surrounding gender identity, and does so in a powerful way. There's grit and ugliness among the beauty. It doesn't sugarcoat, it doesn't hide. It shows the selfish things people do to protect their identities, even if they're in denial. It shows the ways queer folks stick together despite their differences. There's such a range in the experiences explored in this book, and I am so glad for that. There are moments of humor and of sadness. I would definitely recommend picking it up and giving it a try, especially for pride month.

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    Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories

    Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories

    Torrey Peters

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  • Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
    celestialviolence
    Jun 12, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    I can definitely see how this might be prepper propaganda, but overall, I enjoyed this one. Lauren is someone I think a lot of us imagine we would be in a crisis, and she took it even further to start developing her own society amid the chaos of the world. When you see how many things were predicted in the early 1990s, it just goes to show that nothing has changed from the time this was written to now. Instead, thankfully the timeline was a little slower, but we are still creeping toward the same ends. Definitely recommend giving this one a read.

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  • Great Big Beautiful Life
    celestialviolence
    Jun 09, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.5

    I'm gonna be honest, this was just a cheesy version of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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    Great Big Beautiful Life

    Great Big Beautiful Life

    Emily Henry

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    Emily Henry

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  • Strange Pictures
    celestialviolence
    Jun 08, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    If you loved Confessions by Kanae Minato, you're going to love this one. The twists are just as convoluted but they come together perfectly in the end. The addition of the sketches and drawings being crucial to each story adds to the fun, and the story goes down paths that I never expected but that just work. Every story is linked, and the overall picture is WILD. Definitely give this one a go if you love suspense, murders, mystery, and cartoon sketches.

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  • Exalted
    celestialviolence
    Jun 07, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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  • Eat the Ones You Love
    celestialviolence
    Jun 07, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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  • The Starving Saints
    celestialviolence
    Jun 04, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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    The Starving Saints

    The Starving Saints

    Caitlin Starling

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    Saturnalia

    Saturnalia

    Stephanie Feldman

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    Stephanie Feldman

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