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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Important book which takes you on a wild journey on a plantation. Great reminder that knowing something and feeling it are two very different things.
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Nos coeurs disparus by Celeste Ng

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adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense 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

5.0

Brilliant warning about our time and the times ahead.
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Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Je me rends compte que les romans à plusieurs voix ça me gonfle
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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Vaste comme la nuit by Éléna Piacentini

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

2.75

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Le fruit le plus rare ou La vie d'Edmond Albius by Gaëlle Bélem

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adventurous dark funny informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Un plaisir de lire une reconstitution d'un bout d'histoire (et pas des moindres !) de l'île que l'on connaît. Tous nos repères sont là, de mêmes que les discrètes références qui nous font nous reconnaître entre Réunionnais·e·s. 
Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra Das

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funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Great insights into notions underlying the conceptions of the western world as the best option. Wonderful for picking up counterexamples and arguments to question everything we think and do as Westerners 
Le temps de l'indulgence by Madhuri Vijay

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

Un voyage ré-initiatique entre deux États de l'Inde, représentés par deux familles liées par une histoire racontée avec deux chronologies qui finissent par s'emboîter naturellement.

Au-delà du contexte politique indien, une aventure familiale avant tout : tout un rapport aux parents disséqué et questionné pendant plus de trois cent pages, sans ennui.
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Dissident club : Chronique d'un journaliste pakistanais en exil by Hubert Maury, Taha Siddiqui

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adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

4.0

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Broderies by Marjane Satrapi

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funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

3.0

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