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303 reviews

James by Percival Everett

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was incredibly well-researched and written in a way that kept me engaged the whole time- it is a deep look into the depths of poverty and while it makes me deeply sad and angry to read about these people’s experiences, I am so glad to have read this book. It brings these issues to light and doesn’t let you look away from the ugliness that is the American housing system.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.0

North Woods by Daniel Mason

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0