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119 reviews

La Débâcle by Émile Zola

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer

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challenging sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

King by Jonathan Eig

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emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas Jr.

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II by Leonard Pitts Jr

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emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is my second reading of this book and it is just as fire as the first time I read it in 2020. Leonard Pitts Jr is a fantastic author who is not mentioned much and his books should be read and plugged by everyone. He writes historical fiction with a lot of emotion. This book is going to have you in a chokhold and you won't want to put it down. I can't gush enough about this book and his others - Freeman and Grant Park. They are all must reads!

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Aya de Yopougon 8 by Clément Oubrerie, Marguerite Abouet

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funny sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

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challenging inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School by Alison Stewart

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hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0