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146 reviews

R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
Just kinda lost interest amidst other books and life’s going ons. Maybe I’ll get it again
A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents by Mary-Alice Daniel

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

A Woman's Voice by Martin Winckler, Aude Mermilliod

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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

吃着吃着就老了 by 陈晓卿

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emotional funny informative reflective relaxing

4.0

菜评人生各行感慨中肯，笔触细腻而又读来舒坦。或许像陈sir最偏好的家常类馆子一样，有些特色，文笔又不至剔众。很舒心的一本散文集。
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

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5.0

Astounding grace and intellect. An Ursula Le Guin’s inheritor if ever there is one, and with a prose to kill your soul (and mend it in the same stroke).
Brownstone by Samuel Teer

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.75

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

This is everything I wanted Martyr! to be (but that book fell flat and hollow for me). I’ve been highlighting sentences basically every five pages. Tommy Orange’s use of English is like that. And with the heart of characters and the dark history of the taking of North America in those early days, this is a book whose words and imageries that will stay with you.

Saying the word “history” seems somewhat inaccurate, considering for the Natives, IRL as well as in this book, history never leaves.
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东方之东 by 平路

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dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

言语稍为琐碎，不知所谓的plot twist (or more of a background reveal) towards the end 意义是否真的很大。总体来讲算是一本有些意境，可以看作是character study 一日赏的小说。
Portrait of a Body by Julie Delporte

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4.5

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

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

2.25