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171 reviews

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

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emotional informative inspiring

4.0

This book was interesting! However the narrator read e.g., as e g instead of for example so that should have been corrected. 
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

Egypt I am dying, I am dying Egypt 
The Idylls of the Queen: A Tale of Queen Guenevere by Phyllis Ann Karr

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adventurous challenging dark slow-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

2.75

Hmmm I don’t know how to feel :/
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet

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adventurous dark reflective 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

4.0

Honestly good. It’s sad and dark and very twisted. No one gets out unscathed but it ends so well. 
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

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4.0

Good but not my fav
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

The Summer Palace and Other Stories by C.S. Pacat

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challenging funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Why are these stories so saccharine? For such a dark book series, this was a completely tonal whiplash….
Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

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

3.75

Charls!! And Charls!!! Named after our grandfather 
Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

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adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

Honestly solid.