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215 reviews

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous 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

4.5

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.5

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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challenging emotional sad 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

5.0

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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challenging dark reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

Not a fan. 30% in I still don't get what's going on or why, and I'm not invested in it. 

I went back...the next day and finished it in a sitting. I just needed to have stayed with it a little longer. I like the language in the book. I feel like the authors could have done more with grounding the plot and characters. But overall, I finished it and enjoyed it. I would have rated it higher if It didn't make me put it down 1/3 in... but I did keep thinking about it enough to come back to it.
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

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dark mysterious tense 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

Carrie by Stephen King

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dark emotional tense fast-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

On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

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funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0