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The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

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

3.0

This one didn’t quite work for me. The characters felt one-dimensional and like they were written for the white gaze. I appreciated the setting in WWII Malaya though, which we need more books about.

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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Heartwarming to hear about so much good work the disability community is doing but depressing to see how far we still have to go 
Guapa by Saleem Haddad

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

3.5

Trinity, Trinity, Trinity by Erika Kobayashi

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challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

I’m not sure I understood it but I loved it
The Secret Talker by Geling Yan

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.
Not at all interested in this ‘woman finds a stalker attractive’ type story
The Book of Tbilisi: A City in Short Fiction by Gvantsa Jobava, Becca Parkinson

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

As with any short story collection, there were some I loved and some I didn’t. But every story provided insight into Georgian society and culture. 

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Loot by Tania James

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adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

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adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0


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