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2363 reviews

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

From Here to the Great Unknown

Lisa Marie Presley

4.5

emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

Victorian Psycho

Virginia Feito

4.0

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mood Swings

Frankie Barnet

3.75

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

3.5

adventurous mysterious 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: No

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: No

Upright Women Wanted

Sarah Gailey

1.75

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

For a book with such a cool concept, this was so boring-and frustratingly simple.

Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes

Anne Elizabeth Moore

2.5

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

for someone who is concerned about assumptions the general public makes - the author makes quite an assumption about how most people went through Covid. A lot of people could not just forget time and appointments- but instead had to work twice as hard and be twice as exposed, to work for people who did get to have “no time”. I agreed with a lot of these takes but the phrasing of “my opinion of this time represents all” is dare I say, just cringe