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181 reviews

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

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emotional lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

talked about two things I rarely read about: baseball and math
S. by J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

so good! super confusing b/c of the structure+amount of characters and events mentioned but very worth it. had so much lore and also really great characters (corbeau and pfeifer i love you
EXCEPT FOR THE BETRAYAL PFEIFER WHATTT
) and was just totally a great time. i think there are still unsolved ciphers in this thing which is cool. one thing you need to know about this book is that it is difficult to take places because sometimes the inserts fall out (especially the wheel in the back!!!). 
All's Well by Mona Awad

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

omg she’s so crazy!! i hate her!!
Ava's Demon, Book 2: Aftermath by Michelle Fus

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inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

the art is once again like the best thing i’ve ever seen… also I’m so excited to see where this goes!!
Jazz by Toni Morrison

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emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

toni morrison i love you... how could you do this to me? i can tell i am going to be haunted by this for a while. could have used a little less golden gray in my opinion (i think that was the most confusing part of the whole thing, mainly because our narrator seemed to be unsure herself). speaking of the narrator, i loved her (is it a her? always assumed so) from the very first line; she is so mysterious and wonderful and it's nice to have a narrator who changes her mind about characters over time like i do. anyways, dorcas made me so so sad, as well as felice... maybe i'm just a sucker for the sad lives of teenage girls. will be reading more from morrison hopefully.

there is only one apple! only one!!!!!!!!
Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland

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emotional sad fast-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

4.0

Temporary by Hilary Leichter

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

3.5

what just happened
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist by Frans de Waal

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informative medium-paced

4.5

De Waal is one of the best nature-writers I know... this book is great for everyone, no matter how much knowledge you have on animal cognition, behavior, sex, etc. etc.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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

5.0

what do you even say? read the book.