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382 reviews

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Couplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner

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

4.5

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Objectively this book is well-written; however, I didn’t mesh with it. It was super detail-oriented and yet the action and the characters felt so far removed from me that I didn’t really care what was going on.
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Quiet, moving, and thought-provoking. This book really took me by surprise with how much I enjoyed it.
Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Times of a Black Trans Revolutionary by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

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

3.75

Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson

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challenging dark reflective tense 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

4.0

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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

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

5.0