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Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

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emotional reflective fast-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

4.25

A meditation on what the pandemic brings up for us. Overall feels rushed and incomplete, not Strout's best work.
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.5

This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

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fast-paced

5.0

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

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funny informative slow-paced

5.0

An amazing and beautiful read.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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challenging lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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

3.0

The book had me for the first half and then it really loses itself in the end
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Deacon King Kong by James McBride

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tense fast-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
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

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

2.25

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

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challenging reflective sad slow-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

4.25