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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

Loved this perspective and character development but the ending was just a bit too quick
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

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

5.0

slay upon slay this was so so good!!!
All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us by Kieran Yates

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

so so so so good
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

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

3.75

This was fun!! Engaging read and some nice discourse, didn’t completely sweep me off my feet but I wanted to read it instead of watch telly and that’s something surely  
Womb by Leah Hazard

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

just incredible
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent by Katherine Angel

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Very academic but gave me some food for thought 
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Daisy Johnson, Emma Glass, Naomi Booth, Irenosen Okojie, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

some hits some misses for me but altogether interesting read
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Between Sea and Sky - Kirsty Logan
Rosheen - Irenosen Okojie
The Panther’s Tale - Mahsuda Snaith
Goddesses by Nina Millns

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

solid 3 - any book related to stand up interests me so I stuck with it but it wasn't as gripping or funny as I hoped it'd be - interested to see how they edit it for tv 
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.25

so much heart and emotion in a book that talks about code and programming so much and for that it gets an extra .25
The Poet by Louisa Reid

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

5.0

SUCH A SLAY