Category: Review

Let’s review! Discussion of what I thought of the books I read.

Cover: Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly Beer

Review: Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly Beer

Sage Elliott, 5 August 202524 July 2025

I was motivated to read Molly Beer’s biography because it is described as “A women-centric view of revolution through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton’s influential sister-in-law.” Let’s discuss.

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Review: These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Sage Elliott, 29 July 202522 July 2025

Seventeen-year-old Doris goes to Atlanta for an abortion and gains a lot of perspective in Mia McKenzie’s novel These Heathens.

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Cover: This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

Review: This is Where We Die by Cindy R. X. He

Sage Elliott, 22 July 202522 July 2025

This is Where We Die is a locked room mystery of sorts featuring a group of friends on an isolated island. Can you solve this mystery?

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Cover: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Review: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Sage Elliott, 15 July 202522 July 2025

Meet Benji, a trans teen on the run from a cult. Can he survive with the help of his new allies? Find out in Hell Followed With Us.

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Review: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sage Elliott, 8 July 20255 July 2025

What if your body starts to change in unexpected ways? That’s what the main character in Rivers Solomon’s novel, Sorrowland, experiences.

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Review: Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper

Sage Elliott, 1 July 202524 June 2025

Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper is a novella that explores the ghosts we carry with us and how societal expectations determine how we’re “allowed” to grieve.

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Review: The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders by Sarah Aziza

Sage Elliott, 26 June 202525 June 2025

The Hollow Half is the story of Aziza’s experience with anorexia & how it echoes her family’s experience of being displaced from their home.

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Cover: The Reckless Kind by Carley Heath

Review: The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Sage Elliott, 24 June 202524 June 2025

I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heath’s novel really all I hoped it would be?

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Review: How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual

Sage Elliott, 17 June 202516 June 2025

Because it’s Pride Month, I wanted to make sure I read something with asexual representation. Rebecca Burgess’ graphic memoir, How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual caught my attention and I’m so glad I picked it up.

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Cover: Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty

Review: Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty

Sage Elliott, 3 June 20252 June 2025

I was intrigued by the description of Psychosis Diagnosis. I was looking forward to an audiobook that explored mental health & featured supernatural elements. Did it live up to my expectations?