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The Road by Cormac McCarthy

2.0

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia

Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare

3.0

Outline by Rachel Cusk

0.5

95% boring, 5% angering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

4.0

We are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer

4.5

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Weird. Good and bad. Once I realised each chapter was the first and last time we'd get each character's perspective, I enjoyed it more - it felt more valuable. Overall interesting. One major thing I didn't like was the last chapter - maybe could've done entirely without it, and made the PowerPoint chapter the last one (I enjoyed that one) - because the cynical take on the future really overshadowed the actual narrative and full-circle-ness, for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death, Racism, Self harm

The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack

reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

A fun read! I really liked reading about Janeway's childhood.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

slow-paced

3.0

More boring than I expected, mostly due to the terribly slow pace in most parts. The main part I enjoyed was the situation with Lucy; the pacing was pretty decent there and it did actually feel tense. But overall not really horror or thriller! Obviously standards for genres are different today though, so it's hard to really judge it that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Racial slurs, Xenophobia

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

fast-paced

3.0

This is the first Shakespeare comedy I've ever read, so I didn't know what to expect. It was pretty amusing and pleasantly fast-paced.