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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

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challenging dark informative 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? No

5.0

What We All Long for / Love Enough: Two Toronto Novels by Dionne Brand

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emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

2.0

Wrong Norma by Anne Carson

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challenging reflective slow-paced

2.0

South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion

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adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

2.0

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken

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

4.0

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

The White Book by Han Kang

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

4.0

Stoner by John Williams

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

4.0

Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

No Pain Like This Body by Harold Sonny Ladoo

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

2.0