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234 reviews

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Deliver Me by Elle Nash

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Silver Repetition by Lily Wang

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

Out There by Kate Folk

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funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania de Rozario

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challenging sad tense medium-paced

4.0

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.

Not for me - I loved the early essays, but the metaphors got old for me very quickly. Might finish this one up when I don't have so much on my TBR.

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Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75 - the whale thing is great, gory, claustrophobic fun, but read this for the father and son story at its heart. even when this book is at its most ridiculous, the tenderness and emotion here keep the reader grounded.

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

literally i'm just too stupid to understand what happened, but i think i loved it

salt slow by Julia Armfield

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mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Absolutely loved Our Wives Under the Sea, but this wasn't for me, oddly enough. I'm just poorly suited to short story collections, I guess. I was going to DNF until 'Smack' and 'Salt Slow.' We love horrid gelatinous sea creature horror in this household.