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sea-change by Stephen Fry, Jessica Streeting

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emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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4.0

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
I think I'd love this as a physical book, however (despite the phenomenal voice acting), the audiobook is just too hard to follow 
The Spark: Lyrics and exegesis of Rou Reynolds by Enter Shikari

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia Casale

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dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

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emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

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funny reflective medium-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

2.75

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

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lighthearted medium-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

ok, you're pretty, we get it 
The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Viscerally vile, 5 stars
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