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Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

So good to be back with Fitz and the others (although I am sad to leave behind Bingtown). This book felt very much like the first book in a trilogy, quite slow at times, but clearly establishing themes and building up to something. I am excited for what to come. (This was the first book that made me cry in quite a long time)
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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adventurous funny informative fast-paced

3.75

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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dark funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

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challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.5

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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

3.25

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ADHD After Dark by Ari Tuckman

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I liked to read about the research results, however I didn’t really see that ADHD was incorporated so much into the „tips“ that were given later in the back. It was nice nonetheless, but was a bit dragging at some parts. 
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

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adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Wo die Wölfe sind by Charlotte McConaghy

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not sure how to feel about this one! The first hour was quite slow and I thought I might DNF, but after that it got quite interesting. There are quite some subplots, and some questions left open for me. I was expecting a „The Overstory“ kind of book, which this wasn‘t for me. The main character was not exactly likeable for me. 
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The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

It was nice to delve deeper into these complex characters and the lore of the elderlings realm. It is quite a long book but I felt like the plot was consistently going with the same pace. Can‘t wait to find out what happens next! 
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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

I really liked the idea of this book, especially the idea of how the silverbars work. I thoroughly enjoyed the first half, I am not so sure how I feel about the second half, but I was definitely engaged and wanted to know what would happen. 
A word about the audiobook: the narrators did a good job, I liked the different narrator for the footnotes. However especially in the first half of it the audio mix was horrible, you can clearly tell when a sentence has been edited. Sometimes I thought that there were like 4 people saying just one sentence, which took me completely out of the story. Fortunately this got better in the second half, but it was surprising to hear in a professional production. 
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