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27 reviews

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

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dark slow-paced

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

2.0

No real plot and the characters were really unlikable. I stopped halfway through in the lighthouse scene and was like "I wanna go back to the tower and see the crawler I don't care about the psychologist I want the crawler" and then looked up the synopsis on Wikipedia, got disappointed in the ending of all three books in the series and decided to give up. I like how it was written though, it felt fresh and experimental just purely in a grammatical sense.

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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4.25

Irma Voth by Miriam Toews

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

It didn't feel like it was going anywhere important and felt like a chore to read.

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Geographies of Light by Lisa Suhair Majaj

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0