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April 14, 2026

REVIEW: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead: A Novel by Mai Nguyen

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / Canada / Contemporary / depression / First-Person / friendship / grief / loss / mental health / mortician / motherhood / POC / POC author / suicidal ideation / TorontoNo Comments

A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live … All Cleo Dang has ever wanted is to be a mother. The day she discovers she’s pregnant is the ... more >

April 17, 2015

REVIEW: Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / autism / Contemporary / depression / disability / m/m romance / New Adult / queer / suicidal ideation7 Comments

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Dear Heidi Cullinan, sometimes I feel like everyone else is carrying a bucket of water but I’m trying to carry an ocean. I feel a little like I’m walking into a potential minefield with this review.  Disability is something of a fraught subject in Romancelandia.  I’m still learning myself on ... more >

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