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Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea by Lee Fox

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Victor's Quest by Pamela Freeman

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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The Island of the Mighty: The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25


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The Song of Rhiannon by Evangeline Walton

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

3.75


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The Children of Llyr: The Second Branch of the Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.5


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Prince of Annwn: The First Branch of the Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

It's beautifully written on a sentence level, but as storytelling I don't think it quite works. Some of the author's choices get in the way of becoming invested in the story (I was taken out of the story very suddenly the first time a character in a difficult situation turned out to be a deity playing a role, and that happened several times), and some of them come across more as the author's preoccupations getting an airing than as natural parts of the narrative. (The bits where the characters talk about humanity's future and are clearly commenting on the author's present don't work for me nearly as well as they apparently did for the person who wrote the foreword.) 
I already own copies of the complete tetralogy, so I might try the second book since it's there, but if this was the only one I had I wouldn't be motivated to seek any of the others out.

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The Scarlet Plague by Jack London

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

3.25


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