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One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

3.0

The characters make some pretty annoying choices that don’t make sense given they’re aged 30. Regression to a younger state of mind is understandable a bit but mostly annoying. If they were upfront about things then the whole conflict could have resolved much sooner. That said, I mostly liked the writing and characterizations. 

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Recursion by Blake Crouch

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This novel is a trip. It puts you through an emotional gamut while reading. 

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The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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

4.0

I really enjoyed how this instalment goes into the difference between being revolutionaries pushing for freedom and then the act of actually governing people. The various potential alternatives to Elend all have different pros and cons plus their own schemes. Tindwyl was quite the character cast addition. A taskmaster that’s actually quite understanding. She just acts stern because that’s how she inspires those she mentors. Elend evolves so much through the plot. It’s quite engaging. Straff is such an indulgent villain. Zane is such a wildcard character. His role is potent and absolutely necessary. OreSur possibly was my favorite through this instalment. Dockson was captivating too with his entanglement of someone from an enemy group. Sazed evolved quite a bit. I loved this second instalment but I think I understand why some dislike this sequel. 

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Sea Change by Gina Chung

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

4.25


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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.25

This book isn’t perfect but the characters are so well executed and it’s all a very plausible life depiction of the title character and the characters around him that are his nearest and dearest. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone.

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Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It’s brief, there’s messiness between the characters, once it really gets going it’s swift and horrific.

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Disney Mirrorverse: Belle by Alex Singer

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

3.5

It’s a fun twist on Disney’s version of Beauty and the Beast. It’s also very clearly a video game tie-in

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

This book is as informative as it is engaging and heartbreaking. I’m mostly leaving it at 4.5 rather than a 5 because there’s always another side or opinion to any highly accurate fictional depiction of a certain time period

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 (Vizbig Edition) by Akira Toriyama

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is such a nostalgic manga for me. I love it.

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The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I quite liked this entire book. However, the reveal of the victim and the perpetrator could have been handled more effectively. The author’s habit of jumping around the day’s timeline was mostly effective but it also released some tension of the reveal of the victim and who did it. Overall, really good mystery.

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