adam_vandeusen's Reviews (221)

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

5.0

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

The Future

Naomi Alderman

2.75

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

What Napoleon Could Not Do

D.K. Nnuro

2.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Family Meal

Bryan Washington

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Police brutality, Death of parent

The Late Americans

Brandon Taylor

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

How I Won a Nobel Prize

Julius Taranto

4.0

funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

Andrew Leland

4.25

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut

3.5

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A