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Babel by R.F. Kuang

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense
  • 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? No

4.25


‘Because you’re a good translator.’ Ramy leaned back on his elbows. ‘That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.’
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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emotional funny inspiring sad

4.75

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

They say a song can be a bridge, Ma. But I say it's also the ground we stand on. And maybe we sing to keep ourselves from falling. Maybe we sing to keep ourselves.

ocean vuong i'd follow you to the ends of the earth if you asked me to
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

5.0

& how
could I have known, that by pressing
this pen to paper, I was touching us
back from extinction?

i wish i could inject this entire book straight into my bloodstream 
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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3.75

Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.5

 I lack nothing I need
unless you count everything I want     I’m meant
to be spreading tenderness over the earth like seeds
like worms     instead I’ve been shoveling coal
into burning houses