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60 reviews

Cujo by Stephen King

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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

3.5

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous challenging tense fast-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

4.25

The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

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challenging mysterious medium-paced

3.0

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

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challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Needful Things by Stephen King

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

4.0

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Agonizingly slow placed with no significant plot developments yet