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416 reviews

A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

2.0

Fascinating premise (suffragette on an antarctic expedition in the heat of wwi) but doesn't seem to have anything interesting to say about early feminism, expeditions/colonialism, war/the contribution of women to the war effort, or anything. Like The Terror TV adaptation if it sucked and was bad.
The Men from the Boys by Mart Crowley

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challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

Gem of the Ocean: 1904 by August Wilson

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

1.0

Absolutely ludicrous. As expected.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for a Floating Lady, Wasp by Steve Martin

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

WASP really got to me. 
Solito by Javier Zamora

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

4.0

Starsky and Hutch #4 by Max Franklin

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

2.5

Evelyn Waugh mention!
So Many Steves by Steve Martin

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

God, what a dream. What I wouldn't give to have a conversation like this with him... I'd interrogate him about his early standup to no end. I'm so happy they touched on his writing career and books. This was really lovely. A perfect companion to the recent Morgan Neville documentary as well as Steve's cartoon book Number One is Walking. My attachment to 70 something comedy legends with undiagnosed autism knows no bounds.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-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

3.5

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie

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

3.5