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113 reviews

How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays by Mandy Len Catron

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
We Want What We Want: Stories by Alix Ohlin

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adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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adventurous challenging informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

Everybody should read it.
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Foster by Claire Keegan

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

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adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

Ok, we get it, you're from California!
Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

Every story teems with potential that makes you excited for what Oliver will do next, which makes her untimely death all the more upsetting.
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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

3.75

I think Baldwin wasn't much of a fan of Christianity 
Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The only bad thing about this novel is that it's a debut and I have to wait to read Angress'  next book. 
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Sometimes there's a book that is so good and true that it pisses you off. This is such a novel. A perfect encapsulation of living during late stage capitalism and all its contradictions.