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The Teacher by Freida McFadden

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

0.25

Just because it’s legal, doesn’t mean you should write a book about it. Especially when one of the pedophiles in the book is also a murderer and rides off into the sunset. 
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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

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

3.0

Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

Read for a friend’s book club otherwise would have bailed very early on!
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

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mysterious fast-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

3.25

A Shining by Jon Fosse

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

4.5

I'm not sure if this book is stream-of-consciousness but it's a similar vibe of the narrator thinking and the writing really captures how thinking language is different from spoken language.
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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

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

4.5

Well-plotted and paced, tight storytelling. I really enjoyed this!
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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

5.0

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One Little Secret by Cate Holahan

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

3.5

A solidly enjoyable thriller to start the year. Twisty right out of the gate but got a little muddy around 70% of the way through. Very quick read!
Phreaks by Matthew Derby

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

3.25

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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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hopeful medium-paced

2.75

A bit rambly but still interesting. I’ve never been a fan of Brittney’s music or followed her career but I found the conservatorship incredibly wrong so I wanted to read her perspective on it. Wouldn’t recommend. 
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