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Persuasion by Jane Austen

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.0

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? No

4.0

I really like the story itself but I felt the writing could be a bit better. Overall, a very good book that tells an important story
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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

2.0

I love James Baldwin but I just couldn’t connect with this book as I’m not religious, it didn’t have any impact on me. 
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera by Anne Carson

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is definitely a collection that needs to be reread to understand and appreciate fully but from what I did gather, I really enjoyed. I especially loved the 3-part essay on Sappho, Marguerite Porete and Simone Weil. This book is something I imagine myself looking back on to reflect on; the idea of „undoing the creature in you“ and by doing that diving into yourself. 
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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? No

4.0

I really like some aspects of this book, I just felt it was very rushed in the second half. Lots of reviews complain that it was too confusing, I didn’t struggle with that personally, as I feel it was meant to be strange but I do think that if they allowed themselves to spend more time world building and building the characters it would have been much better. I like the story overall, and I found many lines overall but the pacing was really bad and ruined the effect for me. Still liked it overall. 
Babel by R.F. Kuang

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

One of three book I have ever read that has made me cry 
Selected Poetry by Isabel Quigley, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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reflective fast-paced

2.75

He has some good lines but overall I don’t enjoy 
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 46%.
Almost halfway through and I have been bored the entire time, there are some beautiful lines but it’s mostly just describing the railway. Also really weird, sexual description of a young girl, just not my vibe. Not interested.