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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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

3.0

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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

3.5

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? No

2.0

If you are a 40 year old man in the 50s who has never read a book before and you happen to think "women are basically children I can have sex with!" or "to be a proper man you should be good at card games and have a cool car!" then this book is for you.

If you're anyone else... you could do better. At least the movie had Mads Mikkelsen in it. Actually, I watched the movie immediately after finishing the book because I was intrigued on how it would adapt the problematic ideas in the modern age, and it improved upon the book in everyway it could. Sorry, Ian Fleming. But also, you did write "But each conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape”... so uh, maybe not. Yikes
The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney

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

5.0

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

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

4.0

The ending has left me sick, bitter, sad, and angry. I don't know if I could recommend this to anyone if they were looking for a good, fun, time. It's indulgently wordy, it's fucking weird, and I can not stress this enough, that ending.

I would recommend this to a dedicated fantasy reader. Perdido Street Station is a very viscerally unique experience.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

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adventurous dark mysterious relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0