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169 reviews

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

1984 by George Orwell

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

1.5

Notre-Dame of Paris by Victor Hugo

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0.25

I wanted to start off 2020-part-2 with a banger and well...well, yea...this was not it. 

Don't waste your time, just watch the Disney adaptation

Reads like a manual for a 13th c Parisian architect. 

The Penguin Book of Hell by Scott G. Bruce

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Did not finish book.
this wasn't what i expected it to be. I may come back to it at some point but alas, there are more worthy reads in need of my attention atm

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Did not finish book.
I quickly realised that I don't care to read about the lives/shenanigans of animals.

An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorján

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

1.0

how to rate a fictional account of reality? idk but note to self, stop reading contemporary literature, it's making for a wack reading year.
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

a meditative, hessian-esq desert dream that hit like a cool balm against the cheek under the sweltering sun. this was good, i enjoyed this one. 
Dracul by J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker

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

2.0

**stick to the source material.

[**note to self]
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

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challenging reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

When I Was Mortal by Javier Marías

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.0