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250 reviews

Catch Us When We Fall by Juliette Fay

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

5.0

Remember Me Gone by Stacy Stokes

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

The Storyteller's Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal

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mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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dark emotional reflective tense 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? No

4.0

Amazing and thought provoking, great social commentary and enjoyed the footnotes. At times, it felt like too many POVs, when a new chapter would start feeling like you were just dropped in the middle of a convo or someone’s day without an intro
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

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emotional reflective 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

4.25

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

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dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

We Made It All Up by Margot Harrison

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dark mysterious 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

2.25

The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

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dark reflective tense 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? No

4.0

A dark and passionate tale of an indigenous woman facing what seems to be postpartum psychosis and facing racist stereotypes. It is well written and really has the reader thinking is this all in her mind Or really happening at times. I thought at the beginning it might be five stars for me but it lost me at the end a little. But if you’re craving a wild and very unpredictable ending, this may be the one. Thanks to NetGalley and Dutton books for the early release.