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402 reviews

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

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

5.0

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Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

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

3.75

Spare by Prince Harry

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emotional slow-paced

3.75

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

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

2.75

Sally Rooney not using quotation marks remains my villain origin story...
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

Cute read but could have been a little shorter in my opinion.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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dark reflective sad 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

3.5

I can see why this has been highly reviewed! There’s a lot of social commentary on an array of topics but I felt like the book failed to dive deeper into the questions it was asking.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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dark mysterious medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Honestly probably one of the better classics I’ve read but the antisemitism was 🙄🤬
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The Push by Ashley Audrain

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dark emotional fast-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

4.5

4.5 stars || This book is so creepy but I absolutely loved the exploration of generational trauma.
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

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

2.75

I simply don't care about the characters enough to give this any higher. All the rules established in books 1 & 2 seemed to have vanished. Not to mention V.E. Schwab spent so much of the last book focusing on things that had little to do with the over arching problem.
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

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

3.75

for a debut author Dustin really did a fantastic job! I was quite literally sobbing through the whole book. The only thing is that the side characters felt a little under developed and removed for me. Otherwise a perfect book when you want a good cry.