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Snowscape by Patrick Ness

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

4.0

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Soul Riders, Volume 3: Darkness Falling by Star Stable Entertainment Ab, Helena Dahlgren

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

3.0

The New World by Patrick Ness

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

4.0

The Wide, Wide Sea by Patrick Ness

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

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

4.0

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The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

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

4.5

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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
I was interested in this book for the most part until I got to a certain point where Regan is possessed and saying all sorts of horrible things to her mother and the doctor, I think, that's there and the things she said and what she did, I just found tremendously disturbing. So I'm good. 
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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Wrath by Daniel Kraus, Sharon Moalem

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
Honestly, I was 3 and a half hours into this book and I was starting to feel like I had been a little.misled by the synopsis. Granted I still had a good chunk to get through so perhaps I ended it prematurely. I just got bored. I wanted to follow the rat that escapes from the lab who was.going to make me contemplate how I am with animals and humanity and how we can be better, etc. and instead I felt like I was being forced to listen to these human scientists, who I didn't really care for, and their back stories. They were hard to root for in my opinion. I'm starting to realize I think I don't care for Daniel Kraus because he either is the sole author or he co wrote it, I can't remember but I must not vibe with him very well. I just got bored. 
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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challenging dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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