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Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

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

2.75

This book is definitely camp, but I don’t think it’s trying to be. It seems to try to be a well-written and highly diverse book. But the sudden and constant plot twists, the
kraken suddenly appearing
in the last chapter, and the characters I hated to hate (as opposed to loving to hate) made this an exhausting read. I would have DNFed it if not for my cousin’s begging me to share in their suffering. 

The fact that it’s a series… oof. I’m sure this book is for someone but it is not for my family, apparently. 
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You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

Truly just not for me. I am grateful to be at a point in my life where I have heard and applied most of this advice. I’m glad the book exists for the target audience; I am not the target audience. By the way, Daniel, punctuation works differently in the written word than it does in visual form. 
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This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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

5.0

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

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

4.25

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

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

2.25

This book sucked the life out of me. I never want to read anything like it again. And yet, I couldn’t put it down and I wrote two compositions about it. 
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

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

4.75

It is rare that a thriller can ruin my cuticles without giving me nightmares, and can hold my attention without pseudo-intellectual technobabble. Well done. 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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challenging informative sad slow-paced

2.25

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The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
I just couldn’t get invested in the characters. They seemed like caricatures of real people. Also, Daniel
joking about his behavior being creepy doesn’t fix that his behavior is creepy.
Self-awareness doesn’t make you immune to shittiness. 
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The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
I think I’ve grown out of the meet cute circumstance fake date romance stuff. I honestly just found it boring. I was just sitting there two chapters in thinking “why am I reading this?”
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