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179 reviews

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen

emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma

Minor: Cursing

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

Severance by Ling Ma

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

it’s good but i just couldn’t get into it. it took me over two months to read

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-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? No

5.0

just a guy and his cat and a love for humanity.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

never a more emphatic yes to "Are the flaws of the main character(s) a main focus of the book?"

the misogyny in this book… and the fact that

Amy went back to Nick

… what happened to strong independent women??

i laughed out loud at the

"I just wanted to make sure I had the last word"

ending

Fence, Vol. 6: Redemption by C.S. Pacat

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

we’re getting somewhere!

they went on a date

! i’m excited for the next installment

still wondering if they’re British—or maybe Australian??

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

dark emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

I wondered which line on her palm had to do with me.

i was amazed by the writing, the vividness of the narration

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional sad 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

3.5

i came to this book having loved Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and searching for a love letter to humanity like Anxious People. sadly, this book lived up to neither. i suppose it was in the genres list all along (i.e., the lack of "literary"), but it was pretty run-of-the-mill compared to the ingenuity of Tomorrow. it did almost make me cry at work, though.

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

many emotional things happened  but i felt we didn’t actually get the narrator’s emotions, like his feelings were sealed off