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166 reviews

Krysantemum by John Steinbeck, Alva Dahl

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Bonjour tristesse/Ett moln på min himmel by Françoise Sagan

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dark funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

girlboss !

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

4.0

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Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

"If a part of you is always separate, if existing in your body feels unbearable- love is an irrestistible escape."

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A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"Not that one isn't broad-minded, of course; let them write about heterosexuality if they must, and let everyone read it who cares to. Just the same, it is a deadly bore and, to be frank, a wee bit distasteful."

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Farlig midsommar by Tove Jansson

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Another Country by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Strangers' faces hold no secrets because the imagination does not invest them with any. But the face of a lover is an unknown precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment."

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Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

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adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I like the plot but it was wayyyy too dragged out. Could easily be edited down to 250/300 pages. Not worth the time it takes to read.

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Brute: Poems by Emily Skaja

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challenging reflective tense

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Ganska nära sanningen by Anna Ahlund

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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