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  • Review: We Fell Apart

    A genuinely good book that I read at entirely the wrong time, in entirely the wrong headspace. Lyrical, emotionally honest, with a heroine who is allowed to be a complete…

  • Review: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    If you love books that pull you out of your seat and drop you inside the story, this is one of them. Bury Our Bones asks what you would have…

  • Review: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me

    A cozy mystery dressed up as a fantasy war story, this series keeps proving that the smartest person in the room wins every time. A fun, satisfying sequel with earned…

  • Review: We Were Liars

    Everyone already knows We Were Liars. You don’t need another review. What you might not have considered is what it means that the same author who wrote it also wrote…

  • Review: Big Mushy Happy Lump

    Big Mushy Happy Lump is a collection of one-page comics about anxiety, introversion, and the particular experience of being a woman in the world, and it is genuinely delightful. Funny,…

  • Review: Hench

    A supervillain story with razor-sharp one-liners and, somehow, a deep love of research methodology. Hench is unpredictable, genuinely witty, and the kind of book that makes you wish you had…

  • Review: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

    Some books make you wish you had a highlighter. This is one of them. Jason Pargin writes dialogue so sharp it almost hurts, wraps it around a cast of characters…

  • Review: Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

    I cried. I was completely invested the entire time. And I still can’t stop thinking about it. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds is easily my top read of…

  • Review: Out on a Limb

    Out On a Limb has real heart – genuinely thoughtful representation, rounded characters, and emotional moments that land. But the ending is obvious from page one, and the rest reads…

  • Review: My Lady Jane

    I’m not usually a historical-fiction person, but the audiobook of My Lady Jane completely won me over. Funny, charming, and boosted by an exceptional narrator, this is one retelling that…

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The Unfussed Reader is a place for people who love reading, but don’t take it too seriously. Expect honest reviews, broken reading “rules”, and a reminder that reading doesn’t have to be serious to be worthwhile.