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307 reviews

Babel by R.F. Kuang

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

the whole silver-working piece of this kinda undermines the argument for me because colonial britain was actually more WOATed without the magical metal bars
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

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

2.0

i'm ashamed of the star rating on this review
Sucker by Daniel Hornsby

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challenging dark funny 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

2.75

imagine the worst guy you know is fully aware he's the worst guy you know but thinks it's for way different reasons than you think it is.

now imagine that guy is super rich and everything works out for him.

now imagine listening to that guy tell you a story for 10 hours, except the first eight hours are really slow.

congrats, you know what it feels like to read Sucker!
Trust by Hernán Díaz

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mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

women’s rights: investing your husband’s money in the stock market
women’s wrongs:
causing the great depression
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

this was at least four stars until
the fucking pregnancy
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

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

1.25

yeah a heinous crime happened but it was not the attempted murder
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

complicated relationship with your mother 🤝 weird thing about food 🤝 being fucking horny 🤝 liking this book
Watchmen by Alan Moore

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

5.0

tasteful, nay, plot-important nudity
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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

2.0

Commits too hard to Hilly Holbrook being the root of all evil. Does not commit hard enough to being anti-institutionalized racism.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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

4.5

i relate to phoebe because i too went in thinking the wedding people were a bunch of ding dongs and then by the end of the weekend i ended up seeing all of them as really interesting and complex people