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At the End of the World There Is a Pond: Poems by Steven Duong

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emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

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

4.0

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

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

4.0

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

Foster by Claire Keegan

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn’t get as much out of this as I had hoped. Small things like these wasn’t my favorite story but I still really loved it. Not sure what makes this one different but perhaps I will need to reread it because the themes do appeal to me. Beautiful Keegan writing gives it 3 stars. 
The Collector by John Fowles

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

4.5

I have never been so angry in reading the last 20 pages of a novel. I’ll be honest, the first half of this book was fairly average to me but Miranda’s diaries and their reflections on art, morality, love, and violence were stunning and made me love her (and hate GP). 
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Basically interstellar without the plot but also the most beautiful writing ever
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Bright Dead Things: Poems by Ada Limón

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5