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358 reviews

Stories Behind Everyday Things by Peter Chaitin

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funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Very Interesting, would make a great coffee table book!
The Singing by Alison Croggon

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

5.0

The Crow by Alison Croggon

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Dream Home by Kat Howard

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

3.0

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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

5.0

We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This is such an important book to exist for young people. Friendship, love, and sexuality are not always cut and dry and books that allow young people to see representations of how complicated navigating a relationship is need to exist for those that aren't lucky enough to have everything fall into place easily.
Secret Life Of Laszlo, Count Dracula by Roderick Anscombe

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

2.0

409 pages for that ending?
Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey

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

3.0

This was just fine,  I will probably forget almost everything about in two or three months, but that doesn't make it a bad book, just not for me.