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78 reviews

The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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challenging funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko

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emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

The Red and the Black by Stendhal

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

4.0

Conclave by Robert Harris

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

4.0

The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky, a Crime and Its Punishment by Kevin Birmingham

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challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.25

22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia by Paul Palango

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dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Overall I found this book to be very informative, I think I would have scored it higher if there had been some slight tweaks to the chronology/layout and some slight edits to reduce some parts which felt repetitive/confusing 
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg

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

3.75

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, T.J. Reed

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

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

3.75