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139 reviews

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

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challenging emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.75

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

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3.25

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

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emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

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emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

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challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"A theater prompter lives in my head and shouts cues at me incessantly. Don't touch your face. Smile. Say 'Thank you.' Laugh. Take your jacket off. Hang it on the chair. Smile. Smile. Not too wide. No teeth."

Enid is my internal monologue, and I think she will resonate with a lot of readers who, like Enid, felt like they were always a little off. Lovely book, I laughed, I cried, I clutched my pearls. Emily Austin is a new favorite.

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Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

I really thought I'd love this. It was cute, entertaining, and I had fun reading it. But it was a bit too on the nose for me.

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Haunted: Asylum by Lee Mountford

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0