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Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.0

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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? Yes

3.75

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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

3.5

SPOILERS AHEAD: I loved this one! Especially loved the little background story about the teachers lol. My only downside to this book is that it felt a bit overexplained in parts. The moral lessons were spelled out a bit too literally that it sounded like something you’d read on a blog post rather than something an actual human would say in real life. Other than that, loved it and can’t wait to see it adapted for the netflix show ☺️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia

Heartstopper (Vol. 2) by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.0

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

I really wanted to like this book, but I just didn’t. The writing felt repetitive and watt-pad like and the fact that there was a swear word seemingly every other sentence just got really annoying. As well as that, the characters were self-centred and unlikeable but the author seemed to keep using their trauma and “beauty” to justify them being that way. 

I was SO hopeful but it just didn’t meet the mark for me

Normal People by Sally Rooney

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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? No

4.0

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss by Jerry Sittser

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0