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120 reviews

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

emotional hopeful relaxing sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

a single tear falls (x10) 

The Crucible: (penguin Orange Collection) by Arthur Miller

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the moral conflict of john proctor

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.75

conspiracy channeled fever dream

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

it's giving men writing women journalists but the women journalist is a man 

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

reflective medium-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? No

4.0

Another Country by Julian Mitchell

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

average british man

War and Resistance in the Philippines 1942-1944 by James Kelly Morningstar
Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.

soon fr

The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher E. Goscha
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.

next time 😭

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

minus one star because every woman is obsessed with him

did not pass the bechdel test

plus one star for all the beatles content