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All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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adventurous tense 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? Yes

4.75

ugh that was FANTASTIC. 
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

As a fan of the Greek classics, I already knew what was coming but to see it from these women's POV when their tales and narrations are often left out left a feeling of bittersweet familiarity within me. 
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

4.75

The writing is phenomenal and her prose is unmatched. I am sad she never got to see the fruits of her labor but this book is really what true crime investigation, writing, and research should be about.