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162 reviews

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

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dark informative reflective medium-paced
  • 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? Yes

3.75

Interpreter of Maladies / The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

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5.0

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

5.0

Jhumpa Lahiri’s books are so beautifully written, the characters so realistically crafted, it deserves all the stars there are. They make you happy, they make you sad, in the end you smile because you know that’s how things should be.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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dark reflective 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

4.0

Loveless by Alice Oseman

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hopeful informative lighthearted 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

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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

4.25

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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dark medium-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? Yes

2.0

This isn’t something you should spend your time on.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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5.0

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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4.0