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The Memory Police by YĹŤko Ogawa

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reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Adored the writing style but just wanted more from this
The September House by Carissa Orlando

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

3.0

Can we all agree that Catherine is the most annoying character ever written 
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This should be required reading. 
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

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challenging reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Books about women, written by women and which are translated, always hit differentlyđź‘Ś reflective, feminist and necessary. However, could have been so much shorter 
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

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dark tense slow-paced

2.5

Respectively this book was not for me - yeah was creepy at times but was also repetitive, cliche and forgettable…
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

What a weird little book - spectacular, give me 14 of them right now 

Sayaka Murata you can do no wrong 
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.0

What’s up with the nipple obsession? Jeez
The Inmate by Freida McFadden

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Another popcorn thriller from this author - cmon though, Brooke how can you be that infuriatingly naive! 

Only character that I actually kinda enjoyed was Shane but even he was cliche…
His Black Tongue by Mitchell LĂĽthi

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Giving three stars because the production of the audiobook was fantastic - probably one of the best audiobook productions! And I really enjoyed the first story! However the next stories did not interest me at all and I found myself losing track of the stories! 

Would have loved a whole book on the first story but fleshed out more 
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

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

3.0

Not your classic haunted house story! Fast paced but I feel it did lose track, and i lost interest towards the end