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113 reviews

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

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

3.5

I feel like I should have enjoyed this book more than I did. I have no real complaints, there were some bright spots, but it just didn't hit for me.
The Idea of Socialism: Towards a Renewal by Axel Honneth

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Part 3 really brings home all the themes in a powerful way. Such a worth while read!
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

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

5.0

Franzen spends 600 pages dunking on liberals, and I am all about it.
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff

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informative fast-paced

4.5

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

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

3.75

300 pages of sex, academia, and art, and I was totally here for it. 
God in the Qur'an by Jack Miles

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Reading these essays, and Baldwin in general, makes you want to sit down and write everything you know with the faint hope it can accomplish an ounce of the beauty and power he puts on the page. 
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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

4.0

A good Christmas read if you wanna feel sad about Christmas.