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Hey, Zoey by Sarah Crossan

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

3.0

Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear

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

4.0

I love retellings of the Gorgon myths & this is a good one. The sister story is emotionally true despite being about immortal creatures. 
I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton by Lynn Melnick

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Did not finish book.
DNF at 14%. It just wasn’t working for me. It seemed to be going for revelation and instead came off as cryptic. 
Rental House by Weike Wang

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emotional funny sad slow-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

4.0

I like Weike Wang’s weird books about complicated women who think a lot. 
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

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4.0

This is like writer's porn. Hemingway dishes the dirt on Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitz, and many more of the Lost Generation. I'm an avowed Hemingway-hater, but now I have to rethink my entire attitude towards him.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez

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4.0

Marquez is a genius and the world needs more novellas.