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54 reviews

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.5

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 by Kiiro Yumi

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

How to Be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life by Melissa Hellstern

funny informative reflective slow-paced

2.5

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Galveston Rose by Mary Powell

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

An easy read with a slow pace that matches the end of life theme. Rose and her selected family create a vivid world and a reflective look at death and what rights we hold in it. 

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

3.0

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

5.0

A deeply fascinating read

When I can understand why some complained of this book being slow burning it dragged me in in a way no other book has for years. A deeply fascinating story with many different elements being discussed such as- class, changing times and societies, motivations and desires, love, heart break, grief, and of course a good old fashioned ghost story.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

5.0