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Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

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

5.0

I loveeeeed this, the writing style, the mysteriousness, some of the watery descriptions made me feel nauseous. 
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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dark funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This was epic!!!!!!
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Not the right time to get into this one!
Face by Joma West

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
Didn't feel it.
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

wowee this book is gross but in a great way! I feel like there were some film references I missed so definitely will reread in the future. All the gross spooky vibes and perfectly takes the zero hour incestual work group dynamics to the extreme. Loveee 
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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

2.5

yes this is a bit mad innit…
some bits interesting but some bits not aged well - women have no agency in this world and that's mad, and everyone at the top is white - which I guess is of its time?? But still the sexual stuff with kids is a bit much 😳
Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients by Adam Kay

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.0

Really enjoyed the style and the character dynamics and really believed in the story. Nice twist at the end :) listening to it as an audiobook made it feel so real compared to if I'd read it in paper form I think 
Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
nearly got to my 50 page mark, it just didn’t grip me
Poor Little Sick Girls: A love letter to unacceptable women by Ione Gamble

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

Read more like a series of essays than a memoir which I thought it was but still really engaging