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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Stay. Stay, stay, stay.

I thought the books started good and then got extremely slow in the middle. However, the last 100 pages made me feel things that books have not brought out of me in a long while.
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was his and he was mine, and we were the beginning and middle and end. We were a song that had been sung from the very first ember of light in the world.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

That afternoon Garret hummed a Brandenburg concerto while he worked the gardens, Dolores whispered fragments of Shakespeare to herself while she swept the concourse floors, the children practiced swordplay with sticks.”

Survival is insufficient.
The Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories by O. Henry

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funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert.
Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Once upon a time there was a war, but so long ago and so shouldered out of the way by other wars and other kinds of wars that even people who were there are apt to forget.
The Hope of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

“Ashe, could I borrow you for a moment?” she asked.

“Of course, Lady Matisse,” the Seon said. “What do you need?”

“Something simple, really,” Matisse said. “But it might just help. . . .”
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Eternity ended ten years ago.
The Lost Decade by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

‘I’ve been it — lots of times. But I’ve never seen it. And now it isn’t what I want to see. I wouldn’t ever be able to see it now. I simply want to see how people walk and what their clothes and shoes and hats are made of. And their eyes and hands. Would you mind shaking hands with me?’

Had to read this for my university’s matching procedure.
Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

‘Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but as the slave of science; doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstruction from the paths of Genius and Learning, who press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress.’