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156 reviews

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

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dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.
It’s giving republican. Also, show, don’t tell.
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

3.5

I almost feel bad rating this a 3.5 because it is Y.A., but the characters didn’t feel fleshed out at all. Delicious Monsters is also Y.A., but done better. Still a fun book to read, though 
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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

3.75

The prose was good, but I don’t understand why we were speculating on what we did.
I don’t like books where we don’t get a concrete ending. Or at least some sort of answer. I just didn’t really care about the characters at all.
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was very very cute. It’s the first Brandon Sanderson I’ve finished. Will I become a Brandon Sander-stan? We shall see
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
We don’t need to know about the very detailed mechanics of a magic system like this. I felt like I was reading a textbook at times. Boring.