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388 reviews

The Door-To-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn

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emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Beautiful read for any book lover. Simple story purely reading 📚 it for the vibes and feel good energy that comes with reading and books. Carl and Sascha are beautiful duo combination, which is a treat.
The book isn't devoid of flaws with supporting characters needing some proper fleshing out.
This book is meant for all book readers out there to enjoy.
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike

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

4.5

Excellent sequel with an exceptional start and middle but tend to become predictable after reaching around 70% into the book. The ending is left with lot of good setups for the final book. But the story and the plot could have been wrapped up in this book. Will make more accurate judgement after Book-3.
A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills by Ruskin Bond

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Beautiful book for the start of the year. Excellent tidbits of living in peace and simplicity. Makes you love nature and living with it. Written beautifully with so much wisdom sprinkled.
Paternus: Rise of Gods by Dyrk Ashton

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adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Solid start to the series. Needs better character work done well for the next books of the series. Good action sequences and combat. The world is extremely detailed in buildup of Myths and Legends.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.0

Very unique read for the start of the year. Dual protagonists with distinct characteristics and written by 2 different authors is very unique experience. Never been a big fan of love stories but this one hits the mark perfectly up my alley. 
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-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

4.5

This book starts out to be a normal character redemption adventure story with standard DND character setups. The messaging of adventuring business was extremely unique from the start. The economics and business way of style which was very close to our modern life of capitalism. This book hit much more effective story when the last quarter got the story darker than expected. Didn't expect this story to be very serious in the broad aspects and it ends extremely well in the end.
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist

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challenging dark inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.0

Late read pick of the year interested in reading a fantasy political series. Recommended by book-tuber Petrik, well paced book with excellent plot line and characters. Good start to the series and expecting it to be much more gritty and darker as it progresses. Have high expectation out of the next 2 books of this series.
Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder

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adventurous tense fast-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

4.5

Extremely new take on Batman with characters we all know and care and brilliant art to back it. Waiting for more.
Dorohedoro, Vol. 23 by Q Hayashida

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the most whackiest manga reads of the year. The story goes for the most extreme twists, but it also makes perfect sense in the overarching plot and characters. This manga is for 18+ and the story treats you that way. Brilliant conclusion to the last stretch of the manga series which, I was able to blaze through within the week. Manga for someone who wants a slow burn mystery, fantasy, horror and perfect tie-ups to all plot points.
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

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

4.0

Quick paced thriller which starts with sci-fi elements close to our time period. My expectations were kind of higher feeling it would be a political thriller throughout. The middle part of it kind of moved towards a murder mystery than the overall focus of the story. The characters were extremely well done. But overall the book leaves with lot of question for the plot. The discussion of AI or influences of it were extremely well said. Brilliant narrator in Steven Pacey. There is a sequel plans for this and I agree this needs some answers. The mystery of it had an issue of it being too easy to figure out who the main culprit was. The last twist in the end was not expected.