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39 reviews

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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

4.75

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XRmVNkLFSQqP5fC7NcWaR?si=6Etmdh9DRxOINM8w8okeFg was listening to this curated playlist for the book whilst I read it, makes everything all the more crushing 
Happening by Annie Ernaux

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Finally finished this book post Japan trip, a lingering memory indeed
Just Kids by Patti Smith

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

“It took me far from the world I had known, yet Robert was ever in my consciousness; the blue star in the constellation of my personal cosmology.“

Beautiful and heartbreaking and set in New York. 
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Dark Days by James Baldwin

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dark informative fast-paced

4.75

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

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

4.0

Some day you’ll wake up and you just won’t feel like playing anymore.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

The timing of me finishing this book right after I dropped my brother off on the first day of his final primary school year was a wonderful coincidence
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Oscar Wilde’s tweets
Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking by Catherine McCormack

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.5