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78 reviews

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn

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informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.75

Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up by K.C. Cole

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
I really wanted to love this book, and the first half which read like a straightforward biography was great, but the second half felt repetitive and read more like a mix of Frank Oppenheimer’s essays and thoughts, but without any feeling of a chronological narrative. It’s such a shame as he sounds like a fascinating and complicated man with an interesting life story. Perhaps this would’ve been more successful for me if it had been a biography written by the author at the beginning, followed separately by some essays, photographs and even perhaps illustrations of some of the museum displays and experiments discussed?
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Penny Wilson, Greg King

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challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

Home Stretch by Graham Norton

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny

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emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

Still Life by Louise Penny

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

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

4.0

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

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

4.0